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"Robert Parker, the influential American wine critic whose nose is insured for $1m and whose verdict, delivered as a score out of 100 in his magazine, The Wine Advocate, can make or break any bottle."

Parker is extremely consistent, and I agree with his palate. He runs slightly towards fruit bombs compared to the Wine Spectator which prefers complexity and balance.

These are the only two ratings I trust. Everything else is often inflated or plain wrong.

With Parker's Wine Advocate (WA) and the Wine Spectator (WS) scores of 87+, I toss about 1% of the bottles I buy. That's consistency not available by any other method.

Suck eggs, France.

2 posted on 03/19/2005 7:00:33 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Impotent [birthrates] Lazy [unemployment %] Cowardly [Militarily Unprepared] Euroweenies!)

To: Brad Cloven; quidnunc

FWIW, I have also found Parker and the Wine Spectator extremely helpful. I prefer WS because I like the old-fashioned Bordeaux wines the best.

3 posted on 03/19/2005 7:02:41 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)

Wine snobs. How quaint.

4 posted on 03/19/2005 10:25:57 PM PST by neuron2

To: Brad Cloven; AnAmericanMother

Click to be added!

I started a wine ping list recently.

10 posted on 03/20/2005 5:10:29 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)

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