tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post5984492256980531560..comments2024-03-29T08:47:59.918+01:00Comments on The Wine Gourd: Choosing value-for-money winesDavid Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578729952036086391noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post-89474204553288327672017-06-13T09:06:59.584+02:002017-06-13T09:06:59.584+02:00Excerpt from Robert Parker's 1989 interview wi...Excerpt from Robert Parker's 1989 interview with Wine Times magazine (later rebranded as Wine Enthusiast magazine):<br /><br />WINE TIMES: How do you determine merit versus value in a wine? Are there wines that will never get an 85? How do you compare the Chenin Blancs of the world with the . . . [ question interrupted ]<br /><br />PARKER: I had the two best Chenin Blancs I ever tasted out of California last year, and one [1987 vintage Preston] got 87, I think, and the other [1987 vintage Pine Ridge] 86, and they were both $6 bottles of wine. Most people are looking for good values, and I have a responsibility to these readers. The scores are given based upon quality not price. To me, the best values [circa 1989] are under $10. Double digit prices are the point where consumers pause. Wine prices are rather high right now across the board. That's where tasting notes come in. A wine that gets an 85 and costs [circa 1989] $4 is obviously a very good value.<br /><br />WINE TIMES: You are arguing price versus quality. Take a $30 bottle [of] wine. To get an 87 does it have to show much better than a $7 bottle?<br /><br />PARKER: No. It's one man's opinion, but I think that 87-point [1987 vintage Preston] Chenin Blanc can go right on the table next to a Leflaive white Burgundy rated 87. They will give you different sets of flavors, but are every bit as good as each other. That's the way the system was meant to work.<br /><br />. . . I buy wines, and I buy wines that are 85 or 86, not below that. But to me 90 is a special score and should be considered "outstanding" for its type.<br />Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.com