JuliaB wrote:I learned two surprising things in this article: Parker's current appearance, and the system by which he assigns "points".
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/robert-m-parker-jr-on-rating-wines-his-new-magazine-and-bordeaux-1405594900-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwNzExNDcyWj
TomHill wrote:JuliaB wrote:I learned two surprising things in this article: Parker's current appearance, and the system by which he assigns "points".
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/robert-m-parker-jr-on-rating-wines-his-new-magazine-and-bordeaux-1405594900-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwNzExNDcyWj
Awwwwww...Julia. If one of us guys linked to a KarenMcNeil article and commented how fetching she looked in her new hairdo...all you women-folk around here
would rip us for our sexist comment!!!
It was an interesting article....the GrizzlyAdams look not-withstanding. Thanks for the link.
Tom
Sorry, Julia...just couldn't resist. In epee...we call it "easy target".
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Dale Williams wrote:I'm really not a raging anti=pointer. But like others I am not comfortable with the false precision. I note he says there are 90 points and then "10 points for how much the wine can improve and where it will go from here." Really? Some of his 100 pt wines include 2 19th century Yquems, various 1945 and earlier Bdx 1sts, 1921 L'Eglse Clinet, couple of 100 yr old Aussie stickies. Those wines get 100 pts with 10 full pts for potential improvement?
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David M. Bueker wrote:Taking that system to a notably older wine is absurd, and obviously not intended by Parker, though I am sure yopu get plenty of jollies out of making it sound that way.
TomHill wrote:As my 6'th grade teacher, Miss Rickey, used to say: "You can look it up on the InterNet".
Robin Garr wrote:TomHill wrote:As my 6'th grade teacher, Miss Rickey, used to say: "You can look it up on the InterNet".
My Aunt Achronism used to say the same thing, back in the day!
Lou Kessler wrote:Robin Garr wrote:TomHill wrote:As my 6'th grade teacher, Miss Rickey, used to say: "You can look it up on the InterNet".
My Aunt Achronism used to say the same thing, back in the day!
My Aunt Minnie used to say be good or the Kaiser will get you. What the hell do you young whipper snappers know about threats to a mortal being?
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Lou Kessler wrote:PS Get the hell off my lawn!
Paul Winalski wrote:Assume that a wine has a "true" score in the Parker point system of 89. If Parker can evaluate scores with 2-point accuracy, that means that on any given day he might evaluate the wine as low as 87 or as high as 91. And that a score of 88 versus 89 isn't significant. On the other hand, I've heard wine merchants joke that in the marketplace Parker's scoring is a 5-point system. If the score is below 85 you can't sell the wine and no wholesaler will buy it. If the score is 90 or over, you can't obtain the wine and the price is so high hardly anyone can buy it.
-Paul W.
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Lou Kessler wrote:I believe Orson advertised one of the inexpensive CA jug wines.
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