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Lawrence Leichtman[_2_] Lawrence Leichtman[_2_] is offline
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Default Parker takes the ultimate crack pipe

In article >,
wrote:

> This just in, via Premier Cru's newsletter:
>
> "From Robert Parker's website, an update on the tremendous quality of
> the 2007 vintage in Southern Rhone. In his inaugural e-newsletter he
> notes that 2007 Southern Rhone is the greatest vintage ever in ANY
> viticultural area!!! The vintage of a lifetime!!!"
>
> You hear that, everyone? Let me shout it out for you, in case Parker's
> drug-induced slurring isn't intelligible enough:
>
> "2007 SOUTHERN RHONE IS THE GREATEST VINTAGE EVER IN ANY VITICULTURAL
> AREA!!! THE VINTAGE OF A LIFETIME."
>
> Good to know. I'll drink up a bunch of 2007's, then think about dying.
> I mean, why go on?
>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled Vintages of the Century.
>
> JJ


As is the 2007 vintage in Napa and Sonoma. Since it will take a while to
drink up all of these, I'm not too concerned about imminent death.