Mark Squires No Longer Reviewing Greek or Israeli Wines?

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

Saw this on eRP this morning…it’s a break down of the critics and their respective reports for 2010:

http://www.erobertparker.com/members/info/2010WineAdvocateCalendar.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Saw no mention of Mr. Squires or those regions.

[Chris_S_p_i_k_e_s]

Sure doesn’t look like he’s reviewing anything this year.

No biggie for me as I have close to zero interest in those regions and have exactly zero interest in his wine opinions.

Chris

[Jack_Bulkin]

Bill, your link is not accessible to us WB members who refuse to put our money where our mouth is. I no longer pay the tongue thus can’t enter.
Is Squires mentioned in any regions other than never neverland?

[Ian_Dorin]

Not true according to Bob’s sticky. He just has no dates yet. Add Lebanon to his host of duties as well.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Chris_S_p_i_k_e_s]

@Jack Bulkin

Bill, your link is not accessible to us WB members who refuse to put our money where our mouth is. I no longer pay the tongue thus can’t enter.
Is Squires mentioned in any regions other than never neverland?

It’s a grid and MS is not mentioned anywhere. I guess this is part of RP’s new commitment to quality!

Chris

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Jack Bulkin

Bill, your link is not accessible to us WB members who refuse to put our money where our mouth is. I no longer pay the tongue thus can’t enter.
Is Squires mentioned in any regions other than never neverland?

Negative.

Here is the breakdown for non-subscribers:

Bob: Sonoma, Mendocino, Santa Cruz Mountains Bordeaux 2007 and 2009 California Rhone Rangers Wine Values CA Zinfandel,Central Coast Pinots and Chardonnays; Rhone Part One Napa Valley

Antonio: Piedmont What About Now: 1989-1990; 2006 Barolo, Part 1 Montalcino Central and Southern Italy Wine Values: Tuscany Piedmont and Northern Italy Champagne

Jay: Vintage Port Spain Washington and Chile Wine Values: Argentina and Rioja Oregon 2008 Pinot Noir Madeira

David: Germany 2008 Alsace 2007; Austria 2008; Brief Long Island Update Red Burgundy 2007 & 2008 Beaujolais 2009, Loire (2009s and late-released 2007s & 2008s) Chablis & White Burgundy 2008; Austria 2009 Germany 2009

Lisa: Australia: New South Wales Australia: Victoria & Tasmania Australia: Western Australia; Wine Values New Zealand Australia: South Australia & Cross Regionals

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Ian Dorin

Not true according to Bob’s sticky. He just has no dates yet. Add Lebanon to his host of duties as well.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I skipped past this post because I cannot read Bob’s writing online with his lack of punctuation or paragraphs.


Edited for spelling

[Ian_Dorin]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Ian Dorin

Not true according to Bob’s sticky. He just has no dates yet. Add Lebanon to his host of duties as well.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I skipped past this post because I cannot read Bob’s writing online with his lack of punctatino or paragraphs.

Only reason I read it b/c I love reading his ass kissing to the consumers that still pay to play. I find groveling very unbecoming.

[andy_velebil]

@Chris S p i k e s

Sure doesn’t look like he’s reviewing anything this year.

No biggie for me as I have close to zero interest in those regions and have exactly zero interest in his wine opinions.

Chris

I don’t know your personal interactions or thoughts on MS and frankly don’t care, but his Douro (Portugal) wine reviews have been some of the best I’ve ever seen come out of the Wine Advocate. While I don’t always agree with his online persona, he has done a very good job as a wine critic. In that regard I respect his reviews and scores.

He is still reviewing Portugal (dry wines) and some other regions as well.

[M.Kaplan]

I think MS’s Greece reviews are very good, both informative and in accurately assessing the wines.

[Jack_Bulkin]

@Ian Dorin

Not true according to Bob’s sticky. He just has no dates yet. Add Lebanon to his host of duties as well.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lebanon seems like a swell place for Mark to taste. Maybe he will get a chance to be introduced to some winemakers from Hezbollah.

[Ian_Dorin]

Speaking of coverage, his analysis is GOLDEN.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216951" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Really shows you how much time people spend checking their “stock prices”.

“8. not 1 Burgundy…white or red, in the top 100…”

[Jeff_Lewis]

BTW, not to disturb the WA bashing session, but don’t throw Israel under the bus. Try a Domaine du Castel Grand Vin before you dismiss the whole country.

[John_Morris]

The explanation is simple: There’s no room for Greece or Israel this year because they have to publish all of Schildknecht’s overdue reports.

[John_Morris]

@Ian Dorin

Speaking of coverage, his analysis is GOLDEN.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216951" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Really shows you how much time people spend checking their “stock prices”.

“8. not 1 Burgundy…white or red, in the top 100…”

The explanation for that is pretty simple, there weren’t any Burgundy reviews till the Christmas week: http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showpost.php?p=2831459&postcount=5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ybarselah]

i’ve written it elsewhere, but Mark Squires’s reviews are some of the best in TWA. I’d put them on par w/ Galloni’s as the best overall in terms of substance, context, etc.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

Anyone else get a kick out of this line in the original post?

@Robert M. Parker

As authors…Jay Miller was the hardest working as the following numbers suggest:
Big Jay-5,294 tasting notes

[Jack_Bulkin]

@Jorge Henriquez

Anyone else get a kick out of this line in the original post?

@Robert M. Parker

As authors…Jay Miller was the hardest working as the following numbers suggest:
Big Jay-5,294 tasting notes

Jorge, that ws only because he always knew that the distributors providing the wines were also providing free food.

[Leah_Amir]

@Jack Bulkin

@Ian Dorin

Not true according to Bob’s sticky. He just has no dates yet. Add Lebanon to his host of duties as well.

http://dat.erobertparker.com/bboard/showthread.php?t=216785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lebanon seems like a swell place for Mark to taste. Maybe he will get a chance to be introduced to some winemakers from Hezbollah.

[Mel_Hill]

I’d be interested in the statistic of how many times My Wines has been pushed back?

Glad those “tech” guys have time for these #s…