How the scoring works
Kosher Cru rates kosher wine by panel. Every wine is scored independently by several tasters, and the number you see is the average of what they gave.
How is a wine’s score decided?
A wine’s score is the average of the scores our panellists gave it, shown to one decimal place. Nothing is weighted, adjusted or corrected.
Every panellist scores out of 100 in whole points and writes their own note. We add those scores up, divide by the number of tasters, and publish the result. If one panellist rates consistently lower than the others, that is their genuine opinion and it counts at full strength.
Can a taster see the other scores before giving their own?
No. A panellist cannot see another panellist’s note or score, nor the wine’s running average, until their own score is committed.
This is enforced by the database itself rather than by the design of the page, so it holds no matter how the site changes. It exists to stop the panel drifting toward whoever scored first, which would produce false agreement instead of several real opinions.
Can a panellist change their score later?
No. A score is final the moment it is submitted, and cannot be edited afterwards by anyone, including us.
Panellists can save a draft and revise it as long as they like before committing. Once committed, the note and the number are locked.
Do the tasters know which wine they are drinking?
Yes. Our panel tastes with the labels showing — we do not claim to taste blind.
What a panellist cannot see is what anyone else on the panel gave the wine. Knowing the wine informs a judgement; knowing everyone else’s number just moves it.
Why do you publish every taster’s note instead of one review?
Because disagreement is information. A wine scoring 94 where the panel ranged from 88 to 99 is a different proposition from a wine where everyone landed on 94.
Every wine page shows the panel average, how many tasted it, the highest and lowest scores given, and each panellist’s full note under their own name. You can read the palate whose taste most resembles yours and ignore the rest.
What does the 100-point scale mean here?
Panellists score from 50 to 100 in whole points, the scale used across the wine trade.
Because the published figure is an average of several whole-number scores, it usually carries a decimal — a wine scored 95, 94 and 93 by three panellists publishes as 94.0.
Is every wine on the site kosher?
Yes. Kosher Cru reviews kosher wine only. Every wine in the catalogue is kosher, so there is nothing to filter for.
What does mevushal mean, and why is it listed?
Mevushal wine has been flash-heated, which means it stays kosher even when poured by someone who is not an observant Jew.
That makes it the practical question for caterers, restaurants and event hosts, so where a wine’s mevushal status is known we list it and you can filter by it.
How does a winery or importer suggest a wine to the panel?
Use the suggestion form on this site to make a case for the wine. There is no fee, and you do not need an account.
The panel selects what it tastes. Requesting consideration does not guarantee a review — we will reach out only if we decide to proceed.
Do you charge wineries for a review?
No. Submissions are free, and no payment influences a score.
Can a winery have a poor score removed?
No. We publish every wine the panel scores, whatever the score turns out to be.
Submitters may correct a factual error — a wrong vintage or region — but not withdraw a review because they dislike the number. That rule is what makes a good score here worth something.
Who is on the panel?
The panel is a curated group of tasters, invited individually and chosen for the quality of their palates and their years of tasting experience.
Something not answered here? Get in touch through the submission form.