That rating scale is good for some I suppose.. but during one of weekend costco shopping trips, my boyfriend and I learned that it wasn't always an accurate scale for people like us who are partial to dry wines to be going off of. The wine expert there that day explained to us that the scale was based off of someone who preferred sweeter wines so we might not be able to base our opinion off of the rating... Point taken... It's nice to have a point system to go off of when you are taking a chance on something you haven't tried, but it isn't always accurate according to everyones taste.