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in the year 2017 on his 70th birthday, is blindfolded and taken to a cellar where he stands trial before seven men in hooded purple capes for having committed seven heady sins. Parker is given three wines to blind taste which he judges to be "old marmalades". These are revealed to be a 2000
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who is often described to travel the world making wines in the style that pleases Parker. Also portrayed are
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The central character is based on the influential
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