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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
