Berry Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.

— Pete Rose

I don't go by the ratings. I buy wine that tastes good. Statistically, anybody's ability to predict what will be a good wine a…

— Richard Thaler

No scoring system is perfect, but a system that provides for flexibility in scores, if applied by the same taster without prejudice, can quantify…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr

The very best of vineyards is the cellar

— Lord Byron

Tending 100-year-old vines, I've been fortunate to craft highly rated, small production, estate grown wines since 1998. A labor of love, our wines are…

— Michael Chiarello

My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at…

— Ernest Gallo

Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind…

— Joe Bastianich

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

— Robert Mondavi

“The United States does not have a strict control system for viniculture. In the 70´s, a similar regulatory system such as the Designation of…

— Miro Popic

Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and…

— Beth Anderson

The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree.

— Chrystos

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…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr