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Ex uno plures: Robert Parker and the Grand Jury Européen
The questions have often been asked, with growing urgency, over recent years: who can rival and who will succeed Robert Parker as the dominant influence in the world of fine wine? The answer, almost certainly, is nobody – at least no individual – to which many, though not all, will heave a sigh of relief. One doesn’t have to subscribe to a ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’ theory of history to recognise that Parker was a dedicated, talented individual in the right place at the right time. In all likelihood, nobody else will be able or willing to devote himself or herself so single-mindedly to the task; nobody else will have the resources, financial or physical; nobody else will have the sheer stamina. Moreover, Parker announced in 2003 that he intended to carry on for another 10 years. ...
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