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" 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 on my side, and history will prove I am right. "

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" 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 expression of that vineyard, of the grape varietal or blend, and of the vintage. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Fruit

Believe

Responsibility

" Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Find

Life

Live

" 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 made in tiny quantities from ancient vines), they are huge, rich and concentrated, and represent some of planet Earth's most compelling wines. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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Australia

Earth

" When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross hairs? It's not Steve Tanzer, it's not Marvin Shanken, it's me. These other people, it's not like they don't have some influence, and I'm more than happy to share it. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Wine

Influence

Happy

" As I've grown older, I've developed an appreciation for wines that are immediately gratifying but that can also provide great satisfaction over several years. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Great

Appreciation

Over

" Nineteen-eighty-two is a vintage of legendary proportions for all levels of the Bordeaux hierarchy. In short, it is a vintage which has produced the most perfect wines in the post-World War II era. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Hierarchy

Vintage

Short

" Fettuccine Alfredo is dangerous for your health. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Health

Dangerous

Your

" The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Food

Well

Writing

" 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 originals. One exception is Australian Riesling, delicious, dry wines meant to be consumed in their first two years of life. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Years

Meant To Be

Try

" I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Guy

Kind

" 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 and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Past

Fear

Writing

" 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 do they do for pleasure? "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Fat

Pleasure

" I think the Japanese love young, tannic red wines much more than most Americans do. Perhaps it is because Asians have a great fondness for tea, and tea is a very tannic beverage. Therefore a young, tannic red wine is something familiar to an Asian palate. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Great

Love

Red

" Tawny ports have already spent 20 or 30 years in wood - it's not likely they're going to improve. On the other hand, they're not going to get any worse. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Improve

Years

Worse

" 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 of the wines produced there were rustic, highly tannic and alcoholic, with little charm or finesse. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Community

Back

Farming

" 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.

Over

Consultant

First

" 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 an island off the south coast of Korea called Cheju Island. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Decision

Baby

Best

" 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 - my favorite kind - and I plan on drinking it all by 2005. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Great

Kind

Vintage

" 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 were no wines exported from New Zealand and virtually none from Australia (including Penfolds Grange, one of the greatest wines in existence). "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Believe

World

Wine

" You can't simplify my taste and say, 'Parker likes big wines,' because it's just not true. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

You

Say

Simplify

" Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the renowned Chateau Fortia, Chateauneuf-du-Pape never developed a reputation for quality or achieved the prestige enjoyed by such regions as Burgundy and Bordeaux. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Quality

Roots

Reputation

" The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than when the movie was made in 2003. When I started, I was enormously critical of California wines, and I thought the entire wine industry was on a real slippery slope. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Writing

California

Real

" 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 the region's abundant sunshine and frequent wind (called 'le mistral') practically preclude the need for treating the fields with herbicides or pesticides. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Vintage

Wind

Place

" At 66 years of age, I feel about 20. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

About

Age

Feel

" What happens is that the people who are leaders in any field are copied. I mean, there's a reason why every wine newsletter tends to look like mine. They see someone who's been successful, so they sort of copy these same ideas. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Successful

Ideas

Look

" I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Always

Worth

Rule

" 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.

Vineyard

System

Ever

" My first trip to Japan, in 1998, began with an enormous crowd of Japanese paparazzi and television crews, all waiting for me to clear customs in Tokyo (a first-time experience for this wine critic). Over the next five days, the attention never waned. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Waiting

Attention

Experience

" It may seem hard to believe - unless you sit down and taste them - but some of the world's greatest sweet wines are made in the Rutherglen region of Victoria, Australia. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Sweet

Australia

Believe

" I always said your best palate is your own, not mine. I'm a guidepost. "

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Best

Always

Your