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originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
I am so much reminded of the tea party in Alice in Wonderland!
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It was that intelligible to you? I admire your ability to postulate anything from the preceding posts.
 
A small aside . . .

Parker calls the Marcassin wines "prodigious."

Prodigious means:
1. Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
2. Unnatural or abnormal.

Best, Jim
 
I would like to know why the quote places all the "intellectually, both are brilliant, and as well informed about viticulture in all its ramifications" folks here in the US? I guess those Italians, German and French really are stupid, huh? (To say nothing of the Spanish!)
 
originally posted by mlawton:
I would like to know why the quote places all the "intellectually, both are brilliant, and as well informed about viticulture in all its ramifications" folks here in the US? I guess those Italians, German and French really are stupid, huh? (To say nothing of the Spanish!)
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Maybe he only knows Americans.
Which, thinking about it, answers some questions I've had.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
A small aside . . .

Parker calls the Marcassin wines "prodigious."

Prodigious means:
1. Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
2. Unnatural or abnormal.

Best, Jim
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But you know that Parker neither meant nor was even thinking of meaning 2. He is a sloppy user of adjectives in any case, but in his world, big taste is good taste.
 
Jonathan,
Agreed.
But I just love number 2.

On a strictly personal level, I have little real quarrel with Parker and his pronouncements. Of course, I also don't read his stuff anymore (except for what gets posted on the boards) nor do I read any of the professional critics.
And I have an entirely different palate, so he would be the least relevant of any of the pros were I to start again.
But I am also aware of his background and his training in the use of language and I do have a quarrel with how he says things. I will never forget the time he called another wine critic's opinion stupid; a useage I will never understand or forgive.
Sloppy may be charitable when it comes to describing his writings.

It is easy to make an error with adjectives in face-to-face conversation and, I think, easier to clean-up the mess in such circumstances. But to have time to ponder what you write and still do it so poorly, that just galls.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
Jonathan,
Agreed.
But I just love number 2.

On a strictly personal level, I have little real quarrel with Parker and his pronouncements. Of course, I also don't read his stuff anymore (except for what gets posted on the boards) nor do I read any of the professional critics.
And I have an entirely different palate, so he would be the least relevant of any of the pros were I to start again.
But I am also aware of his background and his training in the use of language and I do have a quarrel with how he says things. I will never forget the time he called another wine critic's opinion stupid; a useage I will never understand or forgive.
Sloppy may be charitable when it comes to describing his writings.

It is easy to make an error with adjectives in face-to-face conversation and, I think, easier to clean-up the mess in such circumstances. But to have time to ponder what you write and still do it so poorly, that just galls.
Best, Jim
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I agree with just about everything you say here. Where's the fun it that?

Well except that Parker likes some of the same Southern Rhone wines that I do.
 
Could...someone...explain...the ellipses...to me?

As a chef friend says about dumb food combinations, "nobody's doin' that!" Where did it come from, why does he do it?
 
Joe,
No idea.
Although, I have always thought them a device for delivering a sort of stream of consciousness message.
Best, Jim
 
Isn't ellipse abuse very common in contemporary informal communication? It takes away the pressure to construct a whole sentence/thought.
 
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