Era Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

— Robert M. Parker, Jr