A hundred years from now the garage wines won't be a separate category. They will be up and down the Medoc.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about opinion
A wine goes in my mouth, and I just see it. I see it in three dimensions, the textures, the flavors, the smells, they just jump out at me.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about opinion, wine
Each day brings only two opportunities for field work, and they are not to be wasted minimizing the intake of cholesterol.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about opinion, waste, chance, work, day
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.
I know collectors with forty thousand bottles who if you poured them a glass of Gallo Hearty Burgundy wouldn't know the difference.
I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about rules
If this wine's no good, I'm gonna say so.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about opinion, wine, good, good luck
My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about philosophy, nothing
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures, no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about man
Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about life
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about food, writing, good, good luck
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.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about people, pleasure
When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine.Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about concentration, wine, vision, world