System managers determine which analyses are to be included in the calculations and select them in the system set-up. These represent the most popular wine analyses, performed by many labs

After each round, labs are given points relative to their performance for these analyses, 2 points for an A result, 1 point for a B and 0 for a C or smaller

In the current set-up, January 2010, the following 7 analyses are included in the calculation:

       Alcohol

       FSO₂ (Ripper)

       pH

       Reducing Sugar

       TSO₂ (Ripper)

       Titratable Acid

       Volatile Acid

A score of 14 thus represents full marks

Presentation of scores

The top performing labs' scores are always shown in context in the right hand column on all pages in a 'top performers' box in the format position/rank, lab name, score

The top performers list is always displayed for the sample being viewed in the page centre - to see the score for a particular sample, navigate to the particular sample. If general pages are viewed, the scores for the last 2 samples completed are shown

Labs not in the top ranks' position and score are shown at the bottom of the list but is only visible to themselves

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