If a critic gives a wine a numerical rating and there’s no one to bitch about it, is he still an idiot?
Like a finger pointing to the moon, numbers are a means to an end.
Those who have sufficiently matured can use numbers as intended and still drink the wine, not the numbers.
From the Wine Sutra
Even the loftiest wine must conform to the shape of the lowliest container.
To cheat and rob Buddha…
I know my Riedel Sommelier is already broken, therefore I enjoy it immensely.
What is the sound of one glass clinking?
Awesome.
Once, dinosaurs roamed this earth. They all died, yet that was not the end of life.
I’d rather drink mediocre wine with great company than amazing wine with assholes…
I can ignore the assholes.
The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you have the rabbit you can forget about the snare.
The fish net exists because of the fish; once you have the fish you can forget about the net.
Descriptors exist because of wine; once you have the wine you can forget about the descriptors.
Find me a man who has forgotten descriptors so that I can sit down and share some wine with him.
And a wine haiku:
Parker taught the world
How to use numbers wisely
To drink better wine.
Basho Sake
Numbers have no home where grapes reside
Once crushed: Conflict
Nothing becomes something
Great quote!
Wine Cone?
Every number is there; every number is applicable
It is thinking or drinking that makes it so.
Basu, 709 BC after too many cups of sake
MU …
If you meet the critic, kill him.
There it is.
Best, Jim
When there is good wine in the cellar, there are many problems.
When there is no good wine in the cellar, there is only one problem.
Better to look at my avatar.