When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
It may seem hard to believe - unless you sit down and taste them - but some of the world's greatest sweet… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
As I've grown older, I've developed an appreciation for wines that are immediately gratifying but that can also provide great satisfaction over… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The wine world is so big. Yes, there are styles of wines I don't like. Orange wine, natural wines and low-alcohol wines.… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
If California ever developed a vineyard rating system, Saxum's James Berry Vineyard would be classified as one of the best. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
You can't simplify my taste and say, 'Parker likes big wines,' because it's just not true. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
No scoring system is perfect, but a system that provides for flexibility in scores, if applied by the same taster without prejudice,… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
It's nearly impossible to believe just how provincial the wine world was in 1978, the year I launched my journal, 'The Wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Back in 1990, there were fewer than 20 wineries in and around Paso Robles, a farming community midway between San Francisco and… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara region, where… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Nineteen-eighty-two is a vintage of legendary proportions for all levels of the Bordeaux hierarchy. In short, it is a vintage which has… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
What's important in a cellar is having wines that have a broad range of drinkability, which California Cabernet does. Wines with a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavors. The… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I like white wine when it's young and vigorous. I don't think you should cellar white wine at all, unless it's white… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
In the wine world, crusaders would have wine consumers believe that the only wines of merit are something completely indefinable but which… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Trevisan is one of the few Paso Robles producers to recognize the potential of the region's old-vine Zinfandel, which he blends with… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
There is no question that Australia's most dramatic assault on the world market has been with its value wines. These are generally… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Wine to me is something that brings people together. Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating. It's the… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings is a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
My first trip to Japan, in 1998, began with an enormous crowd of Japanese paparazzi and television crews, all waiting for me… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
As far as vintage Champagne goes, I loved 1990; it's a great, great vintage. I bought a lot of 1990 Blanc de… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
When I started in 1978, the greatest wine in Spain, Vega Sicilia, wasn't even imported to the United States. The alleged greatest… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
From a wine critic's perspective, there are far too many innocuous, over-oaked, over-acidified, or over-cropped wines emerging from California. While those sins… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavours. The… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
The best Chateauneuf-du-Papes are among the most natural expressions of grapes, place and vintage. Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards are farmed organically or biodynamically, and… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world like the extraordinary Shiraz and Grenache wines from South Australia. While the most sought-after are undeniably… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
What happens is that the people who are leaders in any field are copied. I mean, there's a reason why every wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I think the Japanese love young, tannic red wines much more than most Americans do. Perhaps it is because Asians have a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
As far as vintage Champagne goes, I loved 1990; it's a great, great vintage. I bought a lot of 1990 Blanc de Blancs Champagne… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
It may seem hard to believe - unless you sit down and taste them - but some of the world's greatest sweet wines are… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
It's nearly impossible to believe just how provincial the wine world was in 1978, the year I launched my journal, 'The Wine Advocate.' There… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than when the… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone,… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
In the wine world, crusaders would have wine consumers believe that the only wines of merit are something completely indefinable but which they call… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and nearly all… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
If California ever developed a vineyard rating system, Saxum's James Berry Vineyard would be classified as one of the best. — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavors. The smells. They… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
The wine world is so big. Yes, there are styles of wines I don't like. Orange wine, natural wines and low-alcohol wines. Truth is… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
There is no question that Australia's most dramatic assault on the world market has been with its value wines. These are generally not from… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share
