A recording of the concerts of the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Ondřej Vrabec (Planets by G. Holst and Symphony No. 2 by A. Honegger) will be released on SACD by japanese company Octavia Records!!! Ondřej Vrabec gave world premiere performance of the new Double concerto for horn by Peter Seabourne!!! He lead the first tour of the Prague Philharmonia to South Korea in October this year!!!     Don´t miss the oportunity to have the world unique CD of the Brahms Trio Prague in your collection. The CD has gained excelent reviews both in Czech and foreign newspapers (Fanfare - USA, The Horn Call - USA, Mundo Clasico - Spain, Hudební rozhledy and Harmonie - Czech republic)!!!    

How are wines rated?

 

Wines are rated in 100 points system, the most internationally used rating instrument in professional degustation. The main advantage of this procedure is very good detachment consequent of the principle of separated rating of each sensoric criterion of wine, as it is evident from the rating sheet. The maximal obtainable number of points is different in each cathegory for we take into account the meaning of set part for the overall cease of wine. The sum of all highest point gainings is in the world of wine rather hypothetical result of 100 points. In use we can meet such quality really only in exceptional cases for just only with respect on subjectivity of sensoric perception every degustator hesitates to give a real form to perfection and state the final limit of quality. Usually wines are a bit underestimated. The rules of wine competition are inexorably the same as in case of musical competitions and setting the right reference point for the first candidate is generally the hardest task for objective result of the whole competition. As a habit the jurors rate two or three non - competing samples in the beginning together to coordinate their method. In the case of a sample that shows obvious and with rating incompatible defect (as a bad cork, wine beyond horizon of acceptable oxidation, sicknesses of the wine), the juror can ask for opening a new bottle. If the defect repeats, the wine is disqualified. The usual result is most frequently between 75 - 95 points, whereas we can qualitatively sort wines like this:

 

 

100 - 95 points - wine of rare quality aspiring for perfection. Extraordinary taste depth, richness and lenght. Huge potential for ageing in bottle

 

94 - 90 points - extraordinary wine with very distinctive character, with perfect balance of all parts, rich, very long taste

 

89 - 85 points - excellent wine, impressive, very precious, individual, perfect expression of the variety

 

84 - 80 points - very good wine, harmonic, balanced in taste and nose, typical for the variety

 

79 - 75 points - good wine, standard quality, without defects, technologicaly firmly mastered. Wine for common days...

 

74 - 70 points - average wine without serious defects, non - insulting, non - fascinating

 

 

With the wines of lower point results dower only to your enemies :-)