--- title: "Best Robert M. Parker, Jr Quotes" description: "American wine critic... | Robert McDowell Parker Jr. is a retired American wine critic. His wine ratings on a 100-point scale and his newsletter The Win..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b074/author-robert-m-parker-jr-13473.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b074/author-robert-m-parker-jr-13473.jpg) # Robert M. Parker, Jr (1947) Journalist **50** quotes in **532** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert M. Parker, Jr is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Robert M. Parker, Jr Born July 23, 1947 Profession Journalist ## About Robert M. Parker, Jr American wine critic... \| Robert McDowell Parker Jr. is a retired American wine critic. His wine ratings on a 100-point scale and his newsletter The Wine Advocate are influential in American wine buying and are therefore a major factor in setting the prices for newly released Bordeaux wines. This made him the most widely kno ## Quotes by Robert M. Parker, Jr · Page 2 > [What's important in a cellar is having wines that have a broad range of drinkability, which California Cabernet does. Wines with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/what-s-important-in-a-cellar-is-having-wines-that-have-a-broad-range/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Apocalypse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apocalypse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_apocalypse_what-s-important-in-a-cellar-is-having-w_964767.png) > [Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/although-the-french-appellation-system-has-its-roots-in-the-1923/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Achieved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieved/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_achieved_although-the-french-appellation-system-h_2070287.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/from-a-wine-critic-s-perspective-there-are-far-too-many-innocuous/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [California](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/california/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_california_from-a-wine-critic-s-perspective-there-a_2830004.jpg) > [When I started in 1978, the greatest wine in Spain, Vega Sicilia, wasn't even imported to the United States. The alleged greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/when-i-started-in-1978-the-greatest-wine-in-spain-vega-sicilia-wasn-t/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Alleged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alleged/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_alleged_when-i-started-in-1978-the-greatest-wine_2147517.jpg) > [I think the Japanese love young, tannic red wines much more than most Americans do. Perhaps it is because Asians have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/i-think-the-japanese-love-young-tannic-red-wines-much-more-than-most/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_american_i-think-the-japanese-love-young-tannic-r_1448912.png) > [There is nothing in the world like the extraordinary Shiraz and Grenache wines from South Australia. While the most sought-after are undeniably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/there-is-nothing-in-the-world-like-the-extraordinary-shiraz-and/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_ancient_there-is-nothing-in-the-world-like-the-e_2511925.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/the-best-chateauneuf-du-papes-are-among-the-most-natural-expressions/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Abundant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abundant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_abundant_the-best-chateauneuf-du-papes-are-among_2402868.png) > [Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/generally-speaking-when-australian-winemakers-try-to-make-delicate/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Across](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/across/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_across_generally-speaking-when-australian-winem_2820585.png) > [A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions. The textures. The flavours. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/a-wine-goes-in-my-mouth-and-i-just-see-it-i-see-it-in-three-2/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Another world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_another-world_a-wine-goes-in-my-mouth-and-i-just-see-i_2147431.png) > [When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-parker-jr/when-somebody-wants-to-write-an-article-attacking-a-scoring-system-or/) [Robert M. Parker, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-parker-jr/) [Article](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/article/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/robert-m-parker-jr-13473_article_when-somebody-wants-to-write-an-article_2125630.jpg) ## Robert M. 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