Wine Advocate

The American wine magazine or wine guide was first published in 1978, but its origin dates back to 1967. In that year, the young Robert M. Parker Robert (*1947) visited France for the first time and discovered his love for wine there. He graduated in 1973 from the University of Maryland School of Law and joined a law firm as a practicing attorney near Baltimore in the state of Maryland. At its founding, it was still called "The Baltimore-Washington Wine Advocate" and was available by subscription only from the beginning. After just a few issues, it developed into a specialist publication for discerning wine consumption.

Wine Advocate - Robert Parker and Rating Table

With an initially small and ever-growing staff, wines from around the world were tasted and rated according to the now globally used 100-point system. Through advertising-free, Parker guaranteed his independence, free from financial ties to wineries and merchants, serving solely the interests of wine consumers. The name was changed to "The Wine Advocate" in 1997. Today, there are subscribers in all U.S. states as well as in 40 countries on all continents. A summary of the Wine Advocate ratings is published in the irregularly appearing "Parker's Wine Buyer’s Guide".

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