The Emperor of Wine: The Story of the Remarkable Rise and Reign of Robert Parker - Hardcover

McCoy, Elin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190494342X ISBN 13: 9781904943426

Publisher: Grub Street Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines are made, sold and talked about, around the entire world. Parker's influential bimonthly newsletter "The Wine Advocate", with more than 45,000 subscribers in more than 38 countries exerts the single most significant influence on consumers' wine-buying habits and trends across America, Europe and the Far East, and impacts on the style of wine being made in every wine-producing country in the world, from France to Australia. To his legions of fans Parker is a consumer crusader, but to his many enemies, he is a self appointed wine judge bent on reducing the meaning of wine to a two-digit number with his infamous 100 point system of scoring wines. Parker has been profiled in countless magazines and newspapers around the world and most of his dozen books have been bestsellers. However he sits at the centre of huge controversy. "The Emperor of Wine" tackles the myriad questions that swirl about Parker and reveals how he became both worshipped and despised, revered as an infallible palate by some and blamed by others for making the world's wine industry into a single global market, causing prices to skyrocket and shaping the taste of wine to his own preference.

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Review:

"A lively history" -- New York Times Book Review

."highly anticipated.The thoroughness of McCoy's reporting is impressive.prodigious." -- Los Angeles Times

"A riveting morality tale for our time." -- Gerald Asher

A lively history --New York Times Book Review

."..highly anticipated...The thoroughness of McCoy's reporting is impressive...prodigious."--Los Angeles Times

"A lively history"--New York Times Book Review

"Scupulous and balanced...no wine book will receive more attention."--New York Times

"A riveting morality tale for our time."--Gerald Asher

"A fascinating analysis of Parker's substantial influence..."--BusinessWeek

"Emperor of Wine is a vibrant absorbing portrait..."--USA Today

About the Author:

Elin McCoy met Robert parker in 1981 and has followed his extraordinary rise ever since. In telling Parker's story she gives readers an unmatched, authoritative insider's view of eccentric personalities, bitter feuds, passions, payoffs and secrets of the wine world. This fascinating portrait of a modern day cultural colossus shows how a world that was once the province of gentleman's clubs and the pastime of an elite has turned into a hobby for the middle class and how one man has revolutionized the way the world thinks about wine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 190494342X
• ISBN 13: 9781904943426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352