VINOGRAPHY: a wine blog
Wine and food adventures in San Francisco and around the world
More Sniping at the Top of The Wine World
If it's not one thing, it's another. The American wine critics and the European ones seem to make it a habit to disagree on nearly everything, but its rare that they lash out with personal attacks. It does happen though. Last year it was a fierce battle of ego and interpretation of a particular vintage of Chateau Pavie. This week it's a general character assassination of Robert Parker by the venerable Hugh Johnson in his latest book.
Johnson called Parker the "dictator of taste" and compared his critical work to the "imperialist" government of the United States, saying he "deals with absolutes" and tends to "castigate backsliders."
Such attacks are expected I guess, when people become such powerful critics that they affect wine prices around the world, but it's funny that people can get so outraged over something that is clearly just about subjective opinion. Informed, of course, and marketmaking no doubt, but subjective nonetheless.
Who CARES if Robert Parker pisses people off? Like my colleague Tom over at Fermentations, I expect better of Hugh Johnson.
- Posted by: Alder on July 29, 2005 6:00 AM
- Filed under: Ramblings and Rants , Wine News
-
Like this post? Share it!
Digg it! - 
Add to del.icio.us - 
Add to Stumbleupon - 
Add to Reddit
Previous Entry
TrackBacks (0)
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: More Sniping at the Top of The Wine World.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.vinography.com/MT/mt-tb.cgi/6266
Comments (1)
Terry Hughes
wrote:But it's a lot of fun to see something like this. When exactly is the rumble going to take place? By the dumpster in back of a Total Wine?
Comment on this entry
Back to topCalendar of Postings
February 2010
Most Recent Entries
Glass Wine Bottles Strike Back. In the Wrong Direction. Highlights From the 2010 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers Vinography Images: Wine Country Sunset What Wine Writers Talk About 2007 MacRostie "Wildcat Mountain Vineyard" Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast 2007 Cornelissen MunJebel 4 Bianco, Etna, Sicily Vinography Images: Old Souls Champagne, Advertising, and the Problem with Principles 2010 Anderson Valley Alsace Festival: February 20-21, Boonville, CA Scottish Wine: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Favorite Posts From the Archives
Masuizumi Junmai Daiginjo, Toyama Prefecture Wine.Com Gives Retailers (and Consumers) the Finger 1961 Hospices de Beaune Emile Chandesais, Burgundy Wine Over Time The Better Half of My Palate 1999 Királyudvar "Lapis" Tokaji Furmint, Hungary What's Allowed in Your Wine and Winemaking Why Community Tasting Notes Sites Will Fail Appreciating Wine in Context The Soul vs. The Market 1989 Fiorano Botte 48 Semillion,Italy
Archives by Month
Required Reading for Wine Lovers
RSS Feeds - Contact me: alder at vinography dot com
Vinography ® is a registered trademark. © Some rights reserved
2004-2009. This site is licensed under the terms of the displayed Creative
Commons license. Content may be used only under these terms:
non-commercial use only; no modifications allowed; attribution required in the form of a statement "originally published on Vinography.Com" with a link back to the original posting.