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Catavino (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
It was a little tricky to get in. This was the showcase event. The world’s most famous wine writer, and arguably, the single most important individual in the global fine wine trade had come to Rioja for the first time in almost 30 years. Robert Parker was holding court. The great and the greater were there, and even a few nobodies, such as myself. For me, the attraction of the WineFuture...
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Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
* * * * * For Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain Su Majestad, Just so you know, Sir, Mr. Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Guru, is on his way to Spain to meet you. World Famous Wine Guru Robert M. Parker, Jr. on his way to Spain to meet the King of Spain and share his expertise on Garnacha at WinePast-Aragón 1999. (Note: the model Parker will be using is much larger...
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WineFoot.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
WSJ has posted a very compelling article that looks into the world of wine ratings and medal and how they impact the overall industry – here’s a snip: It was in this climate that in the 1970s a lawyer-turned-wine-critic named Robert M. Parker Jr. decided to aid consumers by assigning wines a grade on a 100-point [...]
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The New York Times Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... then seems even more so now. He sees a centralized cabal of wine writers and publications like Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Spectator and even Jancis Robinson, along with mulinational corporations, duping people into thinking they like powerful fruit-bomb wines when, given their druthers, they’d like the same sorts of wines Nossiter prefers.If anything, though, the wine world has become...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... the world of wine today is a Manichean battleground, where the soulless forces of homogenization — Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Spectator, etc. — have turned wine, a true emblem of individuality, community and culture, into (gasp) a commodity.
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Evolving Excellence (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... One tool that many vinophiles use is the 100 point wine scale, especially the one developed by Robert Parker. The scale has an illustrious history . It was in this climate that in the 1970s a lawyer-turned-wine-critic named Robert M. Parker Jr. decided to aid consumers by assigning wines a grade on a 100-point scale. Today, critics like Mr. Parker exert enormous...
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The Wine Connoisseur (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Val de Vie (http://www.valdevie.co.za/) produces the most comprehensive range of Rhone varietals in South Africa, and in this film Michael tastes their GVC, a blend of Grenache Blanc, Viognier, and Clairette Blanche, an outstanding wine to enjoy chilled on a hot summers day. http://www.winefilms.co.za/ Published on http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parker’s Wine Bargains:...
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Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
* * * * * What does Dubai have to do with Spain and especially Spanish wine or food, including the upcoming W ineFuture-Rioja 2009 conference whose (recently "resigned") Director is Pancho Campo, President (recently "resigned') of the Wine Academy, the official organizer of the event? And what does all this have to do with Pancho Campo, Robert M. Parker, Jr., Jancis Robinson,...
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Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
* * * * * “I found him (Robert M. Parker, Jr., the world’s most powerful wine critic) genial, even as his opinions horrified me, especially his dismissal of terroir as an elaborate European marketing hoax. . . " "Robert Parker (says Gerry Dawes) . . . has turned a wine world of independent winemakers making terroir -based wines that were identifiable...
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The Wine Connoisseur (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... savvy and interviews some of the world’s most renowned critics, winemakers, and chefs, including Robert M. Parker, Jr., Paul Draper, and Thomas Keller, who share their wisdom about everything from pairing food and wine to the inside scoop on what wine scores and reviews really mean. Readers will learn how to master tasting techniques and understand the winemaking process from soil...
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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... rated Savanna Samson wines. Her first wine, "Sogno Uno" won a coveted 91 rating from Robert M. Parker, the famous wine critic. In the upcoming episode which airs on Thursday, October 22nd, Savanna plays the role of "Porn Liz," aka Liz Lemon, the Tina Fey character, who is the foil for Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) a network executive and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan)...
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