Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10373
 | | 05/10/2008 1:29 PM |
| I know many folks read the Parker board but if you haven't seen this thread you should give it a look: There are some posts that are probably going to be deleted very soon.
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2031
| | 05/10/2008 3:00 PM |
| If I wasn't banned  over there I'd post that very few have had the resources or opportunity to try enough different vintages from the top wineries around the world to even be actively or intelligently involved in a "Greatest Wine in the World" discussion so if the guy wants to make that pronouncement, more power to him. It certainly sounds like he has the experience. It is sort of like saying the Beatles are the greatest band ever but not thinking "Michelle" is a better song than Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." | |
Randy Sloan
Match Vineyards | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4765
| | 05/10/2008 4:52 PM |
| | good grief. | | | |
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PourQue
Barrel Racker
Posts:1765
| | 05/10/2008 5:38 PM |
| | Funny that you posed this, I was just over there laughing hysterically at it. He keeps speaking of empirical evidence, but the taste of any wine is too subjective to give empirical ratings. | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Thief
Posts:2955
| | 05/10/2008 5:42 PM |
| | I like the guy drinking Carlisle, eating pizza and listening to Alice in Chains. I'm so low brow :-P | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9054
| | 05/10/2008 5:45 PM |
| Been watching it - read it while you can, it won't last long. I will say this - Big Boy has been a Big Bidder on some of my WineBid Auctions, so we like him for that!  | | | |
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tanglenet
Oakland, California
Wine Thief
Posts:2880
| | 05/10/2008 7:19 PM |
| | What's the thread? | |
TN posted on Cellartracker
"I drink no more than a sponge." François Rabelais
www.tanglenet.com | |
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spyder
Grape Picker
Posts:14
| | 05/10/2008 9:44 PM |
| Six+ pages of pinot envy. I'm glad at least a few people have their personal "greatest wine in the world" figured out.
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tanglenet
Oakland, California
Wine Thief
Posts:2880
| | 05/11/2008 12:13 AM |
| | Ignore the above post. I usually read the replies in my email account and the last post is the first I read. I'm not stupid, really! | |
TN posted on Cellartracker
"I drink no more than a sponge." François Rabelais
www.tanglenet.com | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:11872
| | 05/11/2008 11:43 AM |
| | It never ceases to amaze me how many wine lovers out there have this incessant need to say "Look at me". | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:472
| | 05/11/2008 1:53 PM |
| I don't read eBob...This doesn't make me want to start...
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9054
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10373
| | 05/11/2008 8:42 PM |
| | That was the best post yet with real information. | | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3370
| | 05/12/2008 1:01 PM |
| Good post by Meadows - I think he has a future as a diplomat if he so chooses.
I'm sure RC is probably one of the greatest wines of the world, and that this guy drinks some incredible wines that 95% of us will never will get the chance to try - the issue I think is really the millionaire wine drinker saying "hey, the best wine in the world is prohibitively expensive, I have tried it many times, and even though most of you will never get a chance to try it, take my word for it. I drink it often."
That would piss some people off, don't you think? | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Thief
Posts:2955
| | 05/12/2008 4:52 PM |
| | IMHO - the DRC thread reaffirms eBob's nickname of "ePantLoad" until the end of time. Wish I came up with that one... | | | |
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2806
| | 05/12/2008 8:35 PM |
| | Nice to see Allen Meadows posting there again. I don't have the patience to wade through the entire thread, but it seems to have recovered nicely. | | | |
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GreenDrazi
Atlanta, GA
Grape Puncher
Posts:917
| | 05/12/2008 9:08 PM |
| | Who cares? Really, I just don’t see what all the fuss is about. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10373
| | 05/13/2008 9:40 AM |
| And now it is closed but still available via the link.
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cmsyrah
Grape Destemmer
Posts:91
| | 05/13/2008 11:58 PM |
| Posted By Drew on 05/12/2008 4:52 PM
IMHO - the DRC thread reaffirms eBob's nickname of "ePantLoad" until the end of time. Wish I came up with that one...
Another "WIML" ism, yes?
Should we all be as clever!  | | | |
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