Robert Parker makes the big time

[Thomas]

The latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly includes a feature on Robert Parker.

I have read only half of it so far, time being short these days. I admit that I set to read the article with the clear intent to fire off a letter to the magazine about a story I was sure would tout Parker's "great" wine achievements. Instead, the article is well balanced, at least it is for as far as I got.

Unfortunately, the writer obviously has no feel for wine--it shows in his writing. He got his history wrong; says England has been in Bordeaux since the 1700s, when the relationship was solidified in the 13th century, after Acquitaine joined the British crown. And he asked why someone would pursue a career in "something as superfluous as the taste of wine?" What can I say? The magazine never called me to do the piece!

Recommended reading to all us superfluous enophiles.