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| Categories | Wine newsletter |
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| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Publisher | Robert Parker Wine Advocate |
| First issue | August 1978 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Maryland[1] |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.robertparker.com |
| ISSN | 0887-8463 |
The Wine Advocate, fully known as Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and informally abbreviated TWA or WA or more recently as RP, is a bimonthly wine publication based in the United States featuring the consumer advice of wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr.[2]
Initially titled The Baltimore-Washington Wine Advocate the first issue was published in 1978.[3][4] Accepting no advertising, the newsletter publishes in excess of 12,000 reviews per year, utilizing Parker's rating system that employs a 50–100 point quality scale (Parker Points® or simply RP).[5] These wine ratings have a significant effect on the sales of the reviewed wine.[6][7]
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- ^ erobertparker.com The Wine Advocate Ratings System
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- ^ Wine-searcher.com Robert Parker Scores and Wine Prices