Slovak wine following terms: Víno bez zemepisného označenia - "Wine without geographic indication" is replacing former category of Stolové víno - Table wine. Minimum level of sugar content is 13 °NM. Víno s chráneným zemepisným označením - "Wine with protected geographic indication" - produced from grapes registered in the List of registered varieties, grown, produced and bottled in one of the Slovak wine regions, maximum yield per hectare wasn't exceeded, minimum level of sugar content was 13 °NM and it fulfills the requirements of established product specification. It can be indicated with traditional term regionálne víno if the grapes reached 15 °NM,
The Wine Advocate Thomases, Jay Miller and Antonio Galloni. While not the first American wine publication, nor the first to use a numerical wine ratings scale, "The Wine Advocate" was the first to widely adopt the 50-100 point scale and use it as parallel to the American educational grading system. This system was familiar to Robert Parker's original target audience—the average American consumer—and provided a guideline for quantifying a wine's quality in a standardize format. Retailers have used "The Wine Advocate's" "Parker scores" to aggressively market wines with high scores. The scores have also become focal points for collectors and wine investors who