Put down the Palm Pilot and back away slowly
Is there no where left to run?This article reads half sales pitch for Parker and half Palm. I am all about technical advances in the world and have gotten some satisfaction from my Palm, but this is a bad idea that should be stopped.
It should be understood that while, by necessity I read The Wine Advocate, it is by no means the say-all and be-all of wine. I know that I am in the severe minority here but Parker is just one guy, with one tongue, and a preference for certain styles of wine. Does that make him God's gift to the consumer? No. It makes him human. And by design, susceptible to error. I know there are heads exploding at just the thought of it, but he can be wrong just like the rest of us.
In my former life, I was called 'the sommelier'. I didn't use the term myself, I would simply respond, 'People call me all sorts of things'. I can think of precious few things that would piss me off more than to walk up to a four top and have some clown in a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia whip out his palm pilot/cell phone/blackberry/chick magnet and start planning his meal via some dude's opinions in Maryland. Furthermore, Parker offers absolutely no thoughts on food pairings or suggestions. Although I'm doing my best to change the world, your average jackass can't (or won't) remember, that Pouilly-Fuissé is Chardonnay. And forget about pronunciation. This is why the restaurant hired me or someone like me. But how could he possibly glean from a Parker review what wine to pair with 'Coq au vin' or 'Moules Marinier'? What about just Steak and potatoes? Oh yeah, there's no way in hell that he's going to hear about anything off the list.
Yet another venue where the thoughts of one man dictate the actions of the masses.
Maybe Orwell had somebody else in mind.
It should be understood that while, by necessity I read The Wine Advocate, it is by no means the say-all and be-all of wine. I know that I am in the severe minority here but Parker is just one guy, with one tongue, and a preference for certain styles of wine. Does that make him God's gift to the consumer? No. It makes him human. And by design, susceptible to error. I know there are heads exploding at just the thought of it, but he can be wrong just like the rest of us.
In my former life, I was called 'the sommelier'. I didn't use the term myself, I would simply respond, 'People call me all sorts of things'. I can think of precious few things that would piss me off more than to walk up to a four top and have some clown in a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia whip out his palm pilot/cell phone/blackberry/chick magnet and start planning his meal via some dude's opinions in Maryland. Furthermore, Parker offers absolutely no thoughts on food pairings or suggestions. Although I'm doing my best to change the world, your average jackass can't (or won't) remember, that Pouilly-Fuissé is Chardonnay. And forget about pronunciation. This is why the restaurant hired me or someone like me. But how could he possibly glean from a Parker review what wine to pair with 'Coq au vin' or 'Moules Marinier'? What about just Steak and potatoes? Oh yeah, there's no way in hell that he's going to hear about anything off the list.
Yet another venue where the thoughts of one man dictate the actions of the masses.
Maybe Orwell had somebody else in mind.
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