The Wine Advocate

The Wine Advocate
CategoriesWine newsletter
FrequencyBi-monthly
PublisherRobert Parker Wine Advocate
First issueAugust 1978
CountryUnited States
Based inMaryland[1]
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.robertparker.com
ISSN0887-8463

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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  2. ^ Elson, John (December 14, 1987). "The Man with a Paragon Palate". Time. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Fraser, Laura (July 31, 2005). "Days of wine and noses". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
  4. ^ Parker, Robert M. Jr. (June 26, 2006). "Parker, At Your Service". Business Week. Archived from the original on June 19, 2006.
  5. ^ erobertparker.com The Wine Advocate Ratings System
  6. ^ Gray, W. Blake (June 15, 2007). "Are ratings pointless?". San Francisco Chronicle.
  7. ^ Wine-searcher.com Robert Parker Scores and Wine Prices