/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Alton Wine Academy, a world leader of wine critic and education and a non-profit organization, revealed the world's first integrated wine rating system:  Alton MC Ratings. It deploys Alton's patent pending technologies and algorithm to evaluate all essential aspects associated to multi-aspect qualities of wines. The MC Ratings system defines and integrates the six critical elements of a wine's overall quality - Taste, Terroir, Viticulture, Vinification, Vintage and Value, also known as 2T4V™. With MC Ratings, a wine can now be assessed holistically like never before.

"All current mainstream wine rating and critic methodologies assess a wine based on taste only, which is subjective and can mislead consumers in their selection of wine," said Alton Fan, founder and president of Alton. "In the MC Ratings system, we take advantage of Alton's patent pending algorithm to evaluate all major aspects of a wine's quality. Taste is just one of them, and a wine's true essence can be unveiled through 2T4V analysis."

Each of the six elements of 2T4V includes numerous sub-categories that enable MC Ratings to thoroughly breakdown a wine for evaluation. Below is an example of wine rating with MC Ratings. Each element's score, as well as the final score, is out of 100 points.

Wine: Chateaux Pavie, 2003, Saint-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe

Taste: 95 Points

Terroir: 95 Points

Viticulture: 90 Points

Vinification: 95 Points

Vintage: 81 Points

Value: 80 Points

The final score of the above wine is Alton 91 Points