Comments on: Parker blasts wine bloggers: “the bar is so damn low”

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By: Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:15:03 +0000

No question about his market presence, Wino. His efficacy is not the question; his siege mentality is.

By: Wino

Wino — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:03:44 +0000

Using Parker’s supposed (lots of anecdotes, no hard facts) decline in influence among a tiny set of wine geeks in a few (couple?) of cities as evidence that he is irrelevant is wishful thinking at best. Like him, hate him, ignore him…whatever. Where’s the real evidence that his influence on the market as a whole is truly on the wane? Meaning the world, not just the cool kids downtown or the, um, blobbers. The fact that hipster shops in NYC and SF disdain him means nothing in the grand scheme of things They’ve shunned him for a while anyway. You want to talk about market power? Start talking Total, Calvert-Woodley, Sherry-Lehmann, Morrell’s, Zachy’s, Binny’s, Spec’s, B-21, BevMo and so on. They haven’t given up on the guy. The little shops are relative pissants in this game.

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Are Wine Blogs Killing The Joy Of Drinking? | 1 Wine Dude — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:05:11 +0000

[...] for the bar being “so damn low” for wine blogs, as Robert Parker recently put it, I’d refer you to an insightful comment left on DrVino.com by Todd Trzaskos: “In [...]

By: Mike Meisner

Mike Meisner — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:09:33 +0000

Todd hit it on the head. There’s a niche group of wealthy folks who will continue to rely on Parker to guide the benjamins out of their pockets, and into the hands of the rich lawyer who payed a few million to establish a “cult” brand.

As Dermot and other commenters have expressed, the value of RP’s opinion is declining in circles; there’s a shift in the way people perceive things in the wine industry now, which is evident from these and other responses I’ve read lately.

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Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:46:10 +0000

[...] response to the story on Dr. Vino, one commenter described Parker as, “a thin-skinned bully. He can dish it out, but he whines [...]

By: Bill Haydon

Bill Haydon — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:32:57 +0000

Gabe,

I always thought that was Charles Olken: standing on his porch in his underwear screaming at the Europeans to get off his lawn.

By: gabe

gabe — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:15:13 +0000

It’s like Robert Parker has become the Wine Industry’s crusty old grandpa. “Turn off that infernal internet! When I was your age, we printed newsletters!”

By: Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:16:30 +0000

Apparently, he wants the lifetime copyright on wine critique. It’s a shame, really. At one time, he was parting the curtain for all of us. Now he’s the one behind the curtain.

By: Blake Gray

Blake Gray — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:09:42 +0000

I’d love to see Parker review wine blogs, complete with ratings on the 100-point scale.

If he hates your blog: 93
If he despises your blog: 92
If he thinks your blog is pathetic garbage: 91
If he thinks your blog is subliminal messages from Satan that will lead you to mass murder: (89-91)
If he thinks your blog is dull but shows good grammar and spelling: 98+

By: Dermot Nolan MW

Dermot Nolan MW — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:11:25 +0000

I agree with Todd’s comment: In denigrating bloggers, he denigrates the consumer bases that they speak to, as not being fit for consumption. It’s OK, I think that they would get a lot more out of the Hosemaster anyway.

I think a lot of people have not understood the change from “top-down Master-student” models to a more “peer-to-peer” model in terms of information exchange.

As a matter of interest, does RP state how the bar should be set? Is it by qualification? If so, how many does he have? Is it by experience? If so, who then assesses your experience level? Surely blogs are literally that – a log of one’s thoughts and opinions, and surely everyone’s entitled to state opinions, within bounds of taste (don’t call a wine crap if it isn’t), reason (if you can’t back up what you say then is it worth saying?) and honesty (be careful who pays for the trips ahem).

Sounds like the bitterness of a guy who didn’t realise that his time was up!

By: Todd - VT Wine Media

Todd - VT Wine Media — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:35:57 +0000

I detect the keen aromatics of sour grapes.
The low bar that is bumming Parker may not be the wine writing, but the wine consumption. A lot has changed since the 70′s when the WA served a cloister at the core of the US wine market. The consumer volume has grown steadily, and while many “great” wines are being made, the majority consumed are “good” wines. By folks who either don’t know, or don’t care who Parker is, or do care but accept that they will likely not experience any of his 95+ scored wines in their lifetimes, and don’t aspire to, because he’s not talking to them.
The world of wine has grown, and RP was influential in making that happen, but it has grown beyond his ability to influence it at scale. He does not speak directly to the masses, only loudly to his wealthy cadre, while the 90 – 91 scores fall as shelf talkers to we blog dogs like scraps from the king’s table. By throwing out more 100 point scores it kind like he’s writing reviews in all caps, in the hope that those who have ears will hear of and adhere to his divine right of criticism, and to his chosen heirs.
In denigrating bloggers, he denigrates the consumer bases that they speak to, as not being fit for consumption. It’s OK, I think that they would get a lot more out of the Hosemaster anyway.

By: EVO

EVO — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:59:10 +0000

It’s all down hill from here Hose. It was nice while it lasted, but you’ll be doing keynotes ala GV with an agent and everything.

EVO

By: Gerry Dawes

Gerry Dawes — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:52:53 +0000

Take that, Ron, Parker has reduced you to being, albeit the King, to a mere Hoseblobber. I mean there is no comparison between being King of the Hoseblobbers and being King of the Hosers. Ron, I hope you don’t presume to achieve such lofty heights as rubbing elbows (and bank accounts) with such wine titans as Pancho Campo (ex M.W.), because that is one Hell of dizzying height, especially to fall from.

By: Jack Bulkin

Jack Bulkin — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:42:27 +0000

Ron, actually Parker has been Hosing his clueless lemmings and shelf talking dependent spendthrifts since before you became an adult. He is the first Hosemaster of wine. You are the King of the Hoseblobbing Universe. It takes a Hoser to lover a Hoser.