When a wine has "94 points", what matters is knowing who gave the score. In this guide you'll find the critics and magazines that appear on Vinogrande product pages — with real examples from the shop. No invented numbers.
Vinogrande is a wine shop in Moledo do Minho. We favour wines with 90 points or more, where the source is on the product page.
The guides on this blog
Eight publications that actually appear in the catalogue (tagged RP, JS, WS, GE, RV, or named in the description). Each article explains who they are, how their scale works, and points to two to four real wines with the score copied from the product page.
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate — 100-point scale. For Portugal and Spain, Gutiérrez and Squires.
- James Suckling — Over three hundred product pages tagged JS.
- Wine Spectator — Tasting panel and rankings. Very present on Poças Tawnies.
- Grandes Escolhas — The Portuguese 20-point scale. Tagged GE.
- Revista de Vinhos — The question customers ask at the counter. Scores out of 20 — and, where the product page has them, out of 100.
- Wine Enthusiast — American magazine. A score and a Top 100 listing are different things.
- Tim Atkin MW — Regional reports. Rioja and Rías Baixas in our shop.
- Guía Peñín — Spain's guide. Rioja, Ribera, Albariño.
How the shop uses scores
- If a product page quotes 90+, it says who gave the score.
- No source, no number in the shop's text.
- A 90 from Wine Advocate is not an 18 from Grandes Escolhas. We don't convert scales.
- Stock changes; the examples in the guides are those on the product page at the time of writing.
- Free shipping in mainland Portugal on orders over €80. Secure payments.
How to read a score before you click "buy"
- Who gave it? Name and publication.
- When? Vintage and tasting date, if the product page has them.
- What for? Dinner this week, a gift, or the cellar?
- Does it reach €80? The free shipping threshold for mainland Portugal.
Orders placed by 2pm on a working day ship the same day or the next working day. Wine is fragile: in extreme heat, dispatch may be delayed. Alcoholic drinks are sold only to over-18s.
— Vinogrande, Moledo do Minho. Buy wine online. 90+ points from renowned critics. Free shipping in mainland Portugal on orders over €80.
