The emperor of wine
Subtitle: the rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the reign of American taste
By: Elin McCoy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: ECCO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780060093686; 9780060093693
Subjects: Wine industry; Biography
Description: This is the story of how an American lawyer caused a revolution in the way wines around the globe are made, sold, and talked about. Parker's influential newsletter, The Wine Advocate, exerts the single most significant influence on consumers' wine-buying habits and trends, and impacts the way wine is made in every wine-producing country in the world. To his fans, Parker is part enthusiastic sensualist and part consumer crusader. To his enemies, he is a self-appointed wine judge bent on reducing the meaning of wine to a two-digit number. The man who now rules the world of wine has been the focus of both adulation and death threats. He rose to his pinnacle of power by means of the traditional American virtues of hard work, determination, and integrity--coupled with an unshakeable ego and a maniacal obsession with a beverage that aspires to a seductive art form.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-323) and index.
Table of contents: title: An American palate in formation; title: The wine boom and the other Bobs; title: Wine crusader; title: The 1982 Bordeaux; title: Tasting 10,000 wines a year; title: Perils of the tasting route; title: The emperor's progress; title: Making wines to please Parker; title: Scoring Parker.