Title: The Frank Rich of the wine world
Product review: If you like Frank Rich's theater reviews, Parker is for you. The only thing he seems to care about is selling himself.This isn't just a criticism of this book, but of all Parker's world. He rates wine on a scale of 50 - 100. If a wine scores 82 is it really 5 better than one that scores 77? What does this mean? Wine is something that should be enjoyed with friends, not scored like a college exam. I don't rate my friends from 50 - 100, and I don't rate wine this way. On a more technical level, he trys to taste all his wine straight from the barrel before bottling. This is just plain silly. You don't judge a cake by eating flour and raw eggs. You taste the finished product.If you want good wine advice, then buy books by Hugh Johnson or Oz Clarke or Jancis Robinson.
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