Wine Critics are Parasites, But That Doesn't Mean We Can Be Bought |
| Published: April 24, 2008, 3:36 am |
| Tags: ramblings and rants, wine news |
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One of the world's leading wine critics has just proclaimed that wine writers, journalists, and critics are all parasites. According to Decanter magazine, while being paid to hang out in a plush cliffside hotel in Ronda, Spain, Jancis Robinson took a moment out from tasting some of the world's best wines to admonish her fellow journalists, "We must always remember that we are parasites on the business of winemaking." From Websters: Parasite per- - s t, pa-r - . Noun. 1 : a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome by flattery 2 : an organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism (in which one benefits at the expense of the other, without killing it) 3 : something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return Is she right? Pretty much. Every wine critic or journalist has their own particular set of ethics, but most enjoy at least some [ Full article ] |
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