I personally don’t really know a lot of millennials that is using TikTok. We are stuck on oldschool images on Instagram 
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I can’t wait to pay Daniel $99 per month to show everyone my income level. From the name to the pricing structure this feels like a very inauthentic money grab. Gross.
https://www.veblen.com/membership
I use points scores as an ordinal ranking system, don’t really care what the absolute value is, never thought to convert between them.
It’s still all subjective and at the discretion of the persons doing the review/rating. There will never be a perfect system
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Making money.
Just like much of the other inane ‘content’ online. (Or on television, because it’s not a new concept)
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Uh, this wasn’t really what I was imagining when I gave him one line of encouragement upthread. 
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I fixed my membership levels - now they are based on the size of your collection you want to display.
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Maybe I’m missing something, but why would people pay to show what they own, when they can do that for free on a variety of platforms for free ?
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Why is that better?
Serious question, what value is your service providing? Do you have exclusive content (wine advocate, Vinous, etc?), are you providng your user base a valuable service (Cellertracker, wineberserkers), are you aggregating reviews more efficiently (youtube, ChatGPT, Instagram), are you allowing them to show off their wealth (most of the above)?
Honestly, if this is serious, take the time to answer the following:
- Who are my customers? Are you targeting serious wine people, the average consumer, industry folks, producers?
- What are their unmet needs?
- What am I providing that has value to them?
- Is my price competetive to the end user?
Note that of all the wine content I know of, the only ones charging users money are reviewer, and that’s a pretty straightforward value proposition built on a journalism model. Further, If I’m going to buy 2 cases of BDX en premier, just call it $2,000, then I need someone to review it for me, and spending $10 for the month that en premier review comes out is reasonable. But even then, there are plenty of series reviewers that don’t charge.
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I love how this guy came on here to discuss his rating system and instead is just getting his whole grifting platform ripped apart loll
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sign me up for the GBP1000/month! sounds like a no brainer!
I agree it’s subjective, and yet I think there are hierarchies. I’m actually coming around to the french way of classification, from the 1855 BDX to the St. Emilion or Burgundy approach, just make broad rankings of quality and let the consumer decide matters of taste. In the areas of wine that I drink, wines that consistently score in the 95-98 range are pretty consistently better wines than those scoring in the 88-92 range, so there is value in scoring at that gross of a level. But I can’t say I’ve ever found a meaningful and consistent difference between 95 and 96 points, or 88 and 90 points.
For what it’s worth, I think price is actually a reasonable metric of quality in many areas of wine. Producers seperate their products by quality and price them accordingly. When I look at the oregon producers the price within their line is generally a good metric for quality. Yes there are outliers (PGC old vine) but in general it’s reasonable.
So, you’re saying that 9.9 is a perfect score? 
Can’t let this brilliant post slip away unappreciated. Context for those unfamiliar with the reference: The Three Stooges Wine Rating System – The Stupids
A solution in search of a problem. I’d appreciate a ratings system in Base 8 for those of us without thumbs
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My idea for a 10 point system conversion is the following
75/100 - 5/10
80/100 - 6/10
85/100 - 7/10
90/100 - 8/10
91/100 - 8.2/10
92/100 - 8.4/100
93/100 - 8.6/100
94/100 - 8.8/100
95/100 - 9/10
As I can rate a wine 8.3/10, but not 91.5/100, it makes my system twice as detailed.
I don’t really mind the 100 point system, but then trying to explain it to someone who rates movies on IMDB, it may be difficult. My goal is to have everything, not just wines.
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I agree. There will always be outliers and exceptions, even in large portions of certain categories, but I think people talk too much about how this isn’t true when it often is.
What grade do they teach decimal places in math where you’re from? You might want to go back.
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What are the top 9 wines you own and where are you based? I am trying to organise wine meetups, for example Bring Your Own Krug in London. There are some restaurants like The Aubrey that don’t charge corkage.