Who Is Drinking My Wine?

Robert Parker, in 2008, published his new list of the Best Wines of the world in his magazine 'Wine Advocate', a wine bulletin reaching the subscribers without advertisements. It's reproduced by all media of communication all over the world, regarded as the Bible by wine lovers and he the guru.

He has been heading and presenting this hit parade for 29 years, achieving his fame when he proclaimed the extraordinary merit and quality of the Bordeaux 1982 which, at that time, nobody would give one franc for. Time had proven him right, to the point that if you give this as a present to someone, it would not be shared with any naive or ignorant, who couldn't understand why the bottle was opened with everybody standing up singing praises and gratitude. Like a holy ritual!

He is also the first to gloss and annotate his punctuation on the wines of Priorat 97 and 98 in two consecutive years, elevating immediately the price and the sale. A personnel paid 100 € for a bottle then and later resold it for 600 €. Another Priorat, called Clos Erasmus, in 2007 fetched the highest price of 100 € is now 500 €. This year's Rioja Contador is 399 €. And, the experts assured that it could go up further after it's enthronement, the price might even double. He has also rated a 99 another wine, from Montsant, called Espectacle.

I suggest that Robert Parker should be named a public enemy. Each time people discovered a wine good and affordable, this would suddenly become something beyond reach for the majority of the public, as soon as he even mentioned it's name in passing in his publication .

Now, to my idea of a celebration meal of a bottle of good wine with grilled lobster, I would have to take out a 2nd mortgage, the 1st one would be for the lobster.

Here's to you and better times!

  

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