Decanter World Wine AwardsParker 'only wine critic' to get Spanish gong
- Wednesday 11 May 2011
In a ceremony last Wednesday in Madrid, government minister Rosa Aguilar gave the award to the influential wine writer.
The honour has not been bestowed on a wine critic before, according to Raphael Del Rey, director of the Observatorio Español del Mercado del Vino (OEMV).
Parker said on his bulletin board that he found the experience ‘surreal’.
‘I write about a beverage of pleasure, not about curing cancer, and to say it is humbling is to understate my sentiments and good fortune,’
Have your say!
luis fonsi
May 13 23:05
why are you ashamed? parker is doing a good job to promote sapnish wines. why the hatred? thanks to him people all over the world discovered priorat and other amazing regions. so why as a spaniard are you ashamed? he did a great job!
D.D. de la Fuente
May 12 11:20
This is a shame for all the Spanish (at least for me). And for once I agree with Parker.
Ronny-boy
May 11 20:52
will this revive:
" THE Gong Show?"