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content to include an interactive
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continued to grow and by 1998 had more than 45,000 subscribers from 35 countries. In 2000, an online version of the magazine was introduced, eRobertParker.com, which expanded the publication beyond
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on the demand and commercial interest of wine has met with some criticism, with wineries being accused of making wines tailored to Parker's tastes. In the late 1980s, wine expert
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