Assault Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr

There is nothing in the world like the extraordinary Shiraz and Grenache wines from South Australia. While the most sought-after are undeniably expensive (they're…

— 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

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…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr

The first confrontation I had with an Aussie wine was a well-known Cabernet/Shiraz and it reminded me of boiled sweets. I find a lot…

— Chris de Burgh

Australian wine and Australian women - that's my weak point. Ha ha ha ha.

— Demis Roussos

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is "beware". This…

— Eric Idle

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 wine world is so big. Yes, there are styles of wines I don't like. Orange wine, natural wines and low-alcohol wines. Truth is…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr

When I started in 1978, the greatest wine in Spain, Vega Sicilia, wasn't even imported to the United States. The alleged greatest Australian wine,…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr

The sparkling wines from Ridgeview Estate [...] are superb and will forever put to rest the notion that England is not capable of making…

— Eric Asimov

There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French wine, they're…

— Ridley Scott

There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle.

— Karen MacNeil