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This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines around the globe are made, sold, and talked about.
The world's most influential wine critic, Robert M. Parker, Jr., has dominated the international wine community for the last quarter century, embodying the triumph of American taste. Using Parker's story as a springboard, author Elin McCoy offers an authoritative and unparalleled insider's view of the eccentric personalities, bitter feuds, controversies, and secrets of the wine world. She explains how reputations are made and how and why critics agree and disagree, and she tracks the startling ways wines are judged, promoted, made, and sold — while painting a fascinating portrait of a modern-day cultural colossus who revolutionized the way the world thinks about wine.
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Michael Gray
reviewed Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste on January 17, 2008
Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste
WINE GEEK ALERT. This may be a tough, slow read if you're not into: a.)Wine b.)Business of wine or c.)The influence of criticism. If you're into 1 or more of the 3 then you should read Elin McCoy's bio on the world's most powerful critic of any kind, the Man of Monkton, the big boy of Baltimore, Robert M. Parker, Jr. (not Robert B. Parker, the author). Basically Parker's blessing can help a chateau in Bordeaux sell millions of dollars of wine in hours. It can convert a fledgling cooperative in a backwater Spanish town into a thriving, modern business. Conversely, it can also make the world of wine a good bit more homogenized, numericized and dull. Read, drink and reach your own conclusions.
For the french speakers who are interested in all this, you will definitely want to pick up a copy of Nossiter's Gout et Le Pouvoir which tackles the same issues, albeit in a much more opinionated, adversarial approach.
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