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This is a piece I wrote in December of 2014. Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Editor in Chief of Wine Advocate , announced the official retirement o...

The Emperor of Wine was brooding. What had it all been for, he asked himself. The power, the points, the bluster. Now, nearly 70, the body ...

Editor's Note: The Emperor’s Diaries were only recently unearthed by an unemployed wine critic who found them in Antonio Galloni’s u...

Editor’s Note: The Emperor’s Diaries were only recently discovered in the shopping cart of a homeless natural wine salesman living on the...

The Supreme Court of Wine ruled on some important issues this week. Arguments before the distinguished Justices were animated and content...

For more than thirty years I was the most powerful critic in the history of the world. I say that with complete humility. There were many c...

“You get a car! And you get a car! And you get a car! And YOU get a car! Everybody gets a car!” The unforgettable opening show of “Oprah!...

World-renowned wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr will kick off his "Grand World Tour", hosting a series of interactive wine events,...

Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, and thank you for coming. I know you’re going to be glad you did. Tonight I am presenting you with the ...

The Story So Far : Don Parker has increasingly been feeling the ravages of time. His back hurts, his gout is acting up and his prostate is ...

Dear Cardinal Perroti-Brown, I am interested in applying for the recently vacated position of Pope at The Wine Advocate . I’m certain that ...

The last lessons of my mentor’s life took place every Tuesday in Monkton. There, lying in the shade of his gout-swollen ankles, Bobbie taug...

By Jose Saramago Translated from Portuguese by Ronaldo Jose Meister When God, who, when he is roaming the Earth tasting all the importa...

Wow, W. Blake Gray and Alder Yarrow. Amazing. I had no idea they even knew who I was. Quite an honor. I mean, I’m in the Vintners Hall of ...

The Wine Advocate hired the firm of Spin, Misdirect, Obfuscate, Kneejerk and Evade (SMOKE) to investigate whether the conduct of Dr. Jay...

THE VINTAGE If you look back at the April 2007 issue, you’ll read that I predicted 2009 as the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever. That...