All Robert M. Parker, Jr. Quotes
- Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings is a better source of… Accompanies
- 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 would not be… Appalling
- No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara region, where the Burgundian varietals… America
- Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing. Enjoy
- These are the people who do studies that your carry-out Chinese meals are saturated in fat. I'd just like to meet them! I mean, what… Carry
- The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I… Both
- A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavors. The smells. They just… Another World
- I'm a common-sense kind of guy. Common
- My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing. Inspirational
- No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Afford
- I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest… Believe
- I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy. Anti
- I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively. Always Followed
- The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. Advantage
- Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical… Been
- When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and nearly all were… All
- At 66 years of age, I feel about 20. Age
- Back in 1990, there were fewer than 20 wineries in and around Paso Robles, a farming community midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most… Alcoholic
- After years of infertility tests, the best decision we ever made was to adopt, and in 1987, we were bestowed a three-month-old baby girl from… Adopt
- Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale imitations of the… Across