Dr Pancho Campo MW: 'not worse (sic) responding'
Followers of Pancho Campo on twitter may well have already seen this brief exchange where Campo gives his considered opinion of the financial arrangements that needed to be fulfilled to permit The Spanish Wine Academy to permit Jay Miller to visit Murcia.
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@PanchoCampoMW Thought you should know about this, if you haven't read it already. jimsloire.blogspot.com/2011/10/jumill…
@Vinformative He is the biggest WK
@Vinformative Thanks so much. Not worse responding. Google NPD - Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
This exchange tells you all you need to know about Pancho Campo MW. Couldn't care less about how the revelations of this grubby financial arrangement may affect the reputations of the great and the good he has invited to his Wine Future Show in Hong Kong (6th-8th November). I'd be very surprised if some of the more thoughtful and media-savvy speakers and other paid participants are not now feeling a little queasy at the prospect of sharing the spotlight with Pancho Campo and his Wine Academy in the light of the recent revelations. Will they wish to recoil from Campo's warm embrace fearful that it is only too likely that there is more to come out about the way Campo and The Wine Academy manages the diary of Jay Miller (The Wine Advocate).
I trust that the journalists covering Wine Future will spare the time to ask questions of Campo and, in particular, Robert Parker about the financial arrangements in Murcia. They might also consider asking about the fees being paid to the headline speakers and whether money has been demanded from producers whose wines have been selected for the big tastings. If it is 3000 euros for a sample in Murcia, what might it be in Hong Kong?
Campo also appears to care little about the embarrassment and humiliation that these revelations have heaped on Murcia. I gather the hunt is on to find the person who leaked the original email. Can I suggest that they waste no more time on this fruitless search, instead have the courage to explain exactly what happened and make it clear that they no longer wish be associated with Campo and his Wine Academy of Spain.
And Jay Miller? I would suggest that he reads Robert Parker's ethics paper with due attention and then contacts Juan Antonio Ruiz Jiménez (Asevin) or the DOs direct telling them that he would like them to arrange a comprehensive visit to the three DOs organised according to Robert Parker's established rules. Unfortunately on this occasion Pancho Campo MW will not present.
Shortly after the exchange of twitters with Campo, Mark Goldberg tweeted: Vinformative
@ A must read for any business! RT @DaveKerpen 5 Reasons Why Ignoring Negative Social Media is a Career Ender bit.ly/uDLVlr. Could someone bring this to Parker's attention please?
