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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

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My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

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I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy.

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I always said your best palate is your own, not mine. I'm a guidepost.

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In the wine world, crusaders would have wine consumers believe that the only wines of merit are something completely indefinable but which they call 'authentic' or 'natural.'

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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine.

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It's nearly impossible to believe just how provincial the wine world was in 1978, the year I launched my journal, 'The Wine Advocate.' There were no wines exported from New Zealand and virtually none from Australia (including Penfolds Grange, one of the greatest wines in existence).

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The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s.

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Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: July 23rd, 1947

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