If there's a problem, we at Wine Library never tell ourselves that once we handle this issue, we'll never have to deal with the person again. We talk to every single person as though we're going to wind up sitting next to that person at his or her mother's house that night for dinner.

There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup.

Beaujolais is so underrated.

Effort is grossly underrated.

Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.

The biggest gains come from associating with people u DONT agree with!