Comments on: Vinous sabermetrics? http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/07/wine-numbers/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 23 May 2013 03:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Good Reads Wednesday « Artisan Family of Wines http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/07/wine-numbers/#comment-400839 Good Reads Wednesday « Artisan Family of Wines Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:00:57 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11659#comment-400839 [...] Vinous sabermetrics? [...]

]]> By: Dave Erickson http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/07/wine-numbers/#comment-400424 Dave Erickson Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:26:42 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11659#comment-400424 “…there’s a lot of subjectivity in wine that masquerades as objectivity under the false precision of point scores and distant drinkability windows.”

No kidding. ;-)

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/07/wine-numbers/#comment-400008 Dr. Vino Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:35:19 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11659#comment-400008 Hey Aaron – Aggregating scores may reduce some of the outliers (if any) but it’s still just subjectivity piled on subjectivity — kind of like heaping fan votes for the best player of all time together. While it might reveal something, I doubt Bill James would find much value in it other than entertainment.

]]> By: Aaron Meeker http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/07/wine-numbers/#comment-399983 Aaron Meeker Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:01:31 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11659#comment-399983 I’ve heard of retailers & distributors putting together formulas based on WA/WS reviews and determining how many cases they will sell.

Bill James (founder of sabermetrics in baseball) would be proud…though I’m not sure who else.

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