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Being an avid
reader and researcher, I scan many of the wine rags and wine sites available on
the Internet. Having helped Winos
Bob and John build the site, particularly the numerous links, I am always eager
to profile the next greatest wine site (next to WinoStuff.com, of course). Last year, I
wrote a review of Robert Parker’s web site, www.eRobertParker.com.
Since I wanted to maintain the same, unbiased opinion that Parker does, I
didn’t accept one of those gratuitous subscriptions that a normal wine
reviewer might get, but instead forked out the same $99 that any other
subscriber would pay. My review was
favorable, pointing out that Parker’s site was more oriented to the serious
wine aficionado. After a year of
visiting the Parker site, I must tell you that there aren’t a lot of
differences between eRobertParker and WinoStuff.
Parker has wine news and WinoStuff has news for winos.
Robert Parker and Pierre Rovani review wines for their site; Wino Bob and
Wino John who-can-never-be-called-Pierre review wines for our site.
Parker has links to some of the gentrified wine industry sites (including
WinoStuff, check this out for yourself if you don’t believe me). We
have links to everyone we can find who can drink, spit, chew stuff about wine.
Parker has a less serious part of his site (the Hedonist’s Gazette) and
we have, well let’s just say that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Of course, if
you’re in the market for a place to check out reviews of mostly higher priced
wines, eRobertParker is the place to go, hands down.
One of the reasons is that Winos Bob, John, Wally (and now, Mike) don’t
have the reputation and resources to purchase verticals of Screaming Eagle or
Harlan (of course, we could always try should the proprietors of those fine
establishments care to receive the coveted 5 cheese rating from Wino Bob).
But if your wine budget is seriously constrained, or you just aren’t
ready to take the leap to buying more expensive wines, stick with us. We’ve got all the stuff that you’ll find anywhere, and we
don’t charge for access. P.S.
eRobertParker.com has a trial subscription feature where you can see most
of the website for a free trial period. It’s
worth it to take a look for yourself. Once again, that’s www.eRobertParker.com.
If you get access to the Hedonist Gazette, take a look at Pierre
Roval’s article about his family’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner.
Sort of reminds me of Wino Mike’s article about his family’s
Thanksgiving Day Dinner. Actually,
Wino Mike’s entire wine budget for Thanksgiving doesn’t touch the cost of
the two bottles that Pierre found to be corked.
Robert Parker’s article about the best dinner he ever had kind of
reminds me of the Andrea Immer dinner at Bacchus as described by Winos John and
Bob. Wino Wally |