Robert M. Parker Jr. is a leading U.S. wine critic with an international influence. His wine ratings on a 100-point scale and his newsletter The Wine Advocate, with his particular stylistic preferences and notetaking vocabulary, have become influential in American wine buying and are therefore a major factor in setting the prices for newly released Bordeaux wines. Despite controversy surrounding his reviews and scores, he continues to be the most widely known wine critic in the world today.
Mark Squires, formerly the forum leader on Prodigy's Wine Forum, has been teaching wine courses for over fifteen years, and published numerous articles in various magazines and papers, but his main output became electronic around 1995 when he began his own website. After a few years, he added a popular Bulletin Board, which is now housed on eRobertParker.com.
His website attracted international attention, both among readers and other media outlets. Mark sometimes gives and organize wine seminars for local organizations and individuals, and has acted as an expert wine consultant in a variety of matters and circumstances. He has been reviewing wines professionally for approximately a decade, and his reviews have been cited in major publications.
In 2006, he was assigned to cover Portugal's dry wines by Robert Parker for the Wine Advocate. Beginning in 2007, Mark was assigned to cover Israel and in 2008 he began covering Greece, Lebanon, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania.
On May 8th, Mark writes on his facebook wall : "Interim release reviews for Greece have now been added to the current eRobertParker.com issue (206) that went online at the end of April. There are a lot of interesting picks, including some reds (like Thymiopoulos Young Vines) and some other things (like a Gai'a estate Agiorgitiko vertical in the original release). Needless to say, however, Issue 206 for Greece focuses on whites, pinks, sparklers--especially summer-y picks (which is why I rushed out an interim report for wines that didn't make our April issue deadlines originally). There are many great choices in the new additions from both new and familiar names in whites, pinks and sparklers -- folks like Skouras, Douloufakis, Alexakis, Spiropoulos, Gentilini, UWC Samos, Alpha Estate, Boutari, Mediterra, Sigalas (the bigger boys in June's issue) and Wine Art, among others. Add wineries like Gaia, Argyros, Pavlidis, Mercouri, Manolesaki and others already up in the original 206 release (um, not to mention the Portuguese picks, including Vinhos Verdes) and this should get you set for summer drinking. Alpha's Sauv Blanc and Malagouzia, Douloufakis' Femina, Gai'a Assyritko, UWC Samos Muscat, Mercouri Kallisto and Foloi, Boutari Malagouzia, Sigalas' great blend from Santorini (the newly labeled AA)....well. So many others. So little left of my liver. These are things I like to drink in warm weather. Give them a try"...
...and we say a big "thank you" to Mark, for bringing Greek Wines to the spotlight once again!!
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