Guia Penin ratings

For more than 25 years, Jose Penin has written about the wines and the wine growers of Spain. He was the publisher of the first Spanish wine Magazine “Bouquet” in 1980. As an established wine author, Jose Penin works for prominent Spanish media, such as "El Pais" and "Tiempo", as well as many culinary magazines. In 1990, he published "Guia Penin de los vinos de Espana", which has become the market leader in its field. His totally independent and honest opinions have decided the success or failure of the wines he tastes, and year in year out the sommeliers world-wide check his views and criticisms. His system of marking wines is simple and straight forward and is the 100 point system favoured by Robert Parker. Spanish wines are rated with a system of evaluation which takes account of the purchase price and the quality hence the final equation is a favourable cost-performance ratio.