Know your wines...

You may be aware who Robert Parker is but in case you are not, he is the most authoritative voice about wines and his wine reviews, some say, are considered infallible. Regardless of how high in the wine pantheon Robert Parker sits, I think his website--www.eRobertParker.com--is a very good one with lots of useful information about wines. I would refer you to three links in his website that I found interesting and educational. They are: Glossary of Wine Terms, The Vintage Chart, and Parker's Rating System. Visit them and don't be intimidated by all the new terminology. You don't have to memorize anything and definitely there will be NO test...In the Glossary section, what I found very interesting is that the definitions he uses to describe wines are almost identical to those we use to describe people. Yes, wines are like us and they have a personality. The more we know about them, the more we will enjoy their company. Have a pleasant journey...