I guess his mom forgot to tell Uncle Bob that he should not post on the web when he's drunk...
Another precious, priceless one liner from his Majesty. This is what he posted after having diner at a Philly restaurant last week:
Parker quote
Wine expert Robert Parker showed up at Bibou, the well-regarded French BYOB in South Philly, last night.
Parker posted this:
•Marcassin Estate chardonnay 2000
•Leuwin Estate 2004 chardonnay
•Guigal 1990 white Hermitage
•Dagueneau 2006 Silex
•Beaux Freres 1994
•Haut Brion 1982
•Vina Tondonia 1976
•Catena Alta 1997 Malbec
•Rostaing 1991 Cote Rotie La Landonne
•Guigal 1991 La Landonne
•Guigal 1985 and 1988 La Mouline
•Guigal 1989 La Landonne
•and a few others
"I loved everything about this place...the quality of the food alone merits a must visit," he wrote. "Add the BYO and no corkage....and better yet...no precious sommelier trying to sell us some teeth enamel removing wine with acid levels close to toxic, made by some sheep farmer on the north side of his 4,000-foot foot elevation vineyard picked two months before ripeness, and made from a grape better fed to wild boar than the human species....we all know the type-saving the world from drinking good wine in the name of vinofreakism.
Ha ! Isn't beautiful? here's uncle Bob giving us lessons on what we should drink.
What do we learn here?
- if you love acidity in your wines, you suck
- if you dare drinking wines that Bobby do not like, you suck
- if you think differently than Bobby, well you still suck
- if you are a sommelier, well you're precious and yes you also suck (you have to love the description of sommelier when you see the kind of wines he drinks...anyway...)
- if you're not Bob, you suck. Period.
When you're a "public" figure, I believe there are things you must not say. We have here a perfect example of someone who feels threaten by all the changes in the wine world and who is losing his authority.
I just can't accept being insulted because I don't have the same tastes. How old is he? 5 ? Coming from someone who has been preaching for diversity in wine that's laughable.
A funny coincidence is that yesterday I was reading an interview of Pascal Delbeck, who knows a thing or two about wines, after being in charge of Ausone for more than 20 years. In this interview, Mr Delbeck makes a very pertinent note:" Mr Parker has a simple taste, very simple taste. So easy that all the oenologues who have money and common sense can make a wine to please him and exploit his taste".
Vive la difference.
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Just stumbled on your blog. Very nice job! Scrolling through, I found this provocative Parker post. Parker's screed was a bit over the top, but there is a kernel of truth to it. Lots of wine ignoramuses (and even folks who aren't so wine-ignorant) think they're trendy by joining the chorus of criticism against the King. There are arguments on both sides. Having subscribed to Parker from '83 until around '04, critics are wrong when they say that all he likes are overripe, low acid, oaky fruit bombs. On the other hand, many of the new breed seeking out traditionally-made, less overtly fruity/oaky wines are doing a great service turning people (including me) on to small, organic or biodynamic producers I hadn't previously heard of. It's all subjective anyway. Can't we all just get along?
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