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So, two months after the article,
Tim Mondavi says to me:

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"Let's get together,
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"because I think you should
work for Mondavi in the US."

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Did Mondavi know you and Parker
were good friends?

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Sure, sure.
Everybody knows that.

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Parker's my friend,
but let's be clear.

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I'm good friends with Bob.
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We've known each other
for 20 years.

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We're good friends.
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But it has no bearing at all!
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But it has no bearing at all!
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Robert Parker incites people
in France to commit fraud.

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I don't know
if he's aware of it.

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We know some people have altered
their wines, sometimes illegally,

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because they wanted to be
in the Parker Wine Guide.

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So they needed wines that were
concentrated and deeply colored.

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Sometimes what they present
to Parker

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isn't representative
of their production.

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But he's inspired
a whole school of wine production,

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that includes illegal methods.
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It's a serious problem.
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Even in Burgundy,
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which traditionally doesn't produce
deep-colored wines,

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people need to have deep color
or Parker won't be happy.


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