By contrast, the Wine Spectator didn't award a single 100-point score in 2012.
WSJ: Wine Ratings: Remaking the Grade | On Wine by Lettie Teague
If you like scores and awards, it won a gold medal from Decanter and a was rated a Top 100 Wine from The Wine Spectator.
In particular, the wines of the Leeuwin Estate in Western Australia have drawn raves from the Wine Spectator, and nods of approval from Mr Parker.
But note that the Wine Spectator index of auction prices on 150 of the most popularly traded wines of quality vintages is up 16% over last year.
The Wine Spectator and the Wine Advocate are the two most powerful point sources in the wine industry, but there are many, many reviewers who use the 100-point system.
WSJ: Wine Ratings: Remaking the Grade | On Wine by Lettie Teague
Media outlets of all kinds have shed staff over the past two years, and Wine Spectator magazine, a niche publication for the well-heeled, is no exception. (Full disclosure: I worked there for about three years.) One of the most stunning eliminations from the masthead, about a year ago, was that of former editor Dan Sogg.
After a steady couple years of smooth Top 100 sailing, history may have repeated yesterday: The programming of the Spectator website possibly allowed some clever wine enthusiasts to discover and share on bulletin boards wines 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 ahead of their announcements by the magazine through the end of the week.
In 2008, Wine Spectator named the 2005 Clos Apalta its wine of the year.
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As an editor at Wine Spectator magazine at the time of the Salahis' party, I was contacted by a zealous publicist for the couple, desperate to have me write about it--particularly the grand denouement, in which several UPS deliverymen took the stage to deliver Mr. Salahi some wine.
And, just an FYI her Ponzi Aurora Chardonnay was the highest scoring Oregon Chardonnay in a recent Wine Spectator tasting.
Counting the pending Los Angeles state court action Koch filed against a California wine collector late last year (see September 2009 report from Wine Spectator), that makes two counterfeit-wine suits Koch has filed in the last half-year.
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If the purpose of Spectator is to guide consumers to better wine choices, a best-of list topped by overpriced, unavailable selections is the rough equivalent of Entertainment Weekly covering movies showing on zero screens near you.
Brill also likes the blog of Steve Heimoff, who has worked at both Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast magazines.
Last summer, I wrote this blog post about former Wine Spectator senior editor James Suckling, his departure from the magazine, and whether wine ratings would ever again matter.
This year, SAP has stepped up to take the lead role as presenting sponsor, and RBC, Callaway Golf, Wine Spectator and Trumpet Behavioral Health are also offering strong support as sponsors.
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The points--100 denoting nirvana--are awarded by reviewers at Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate and other oenophilic publications.
Toward the end of the workday yesterday, I sent an instant message to a former colleague of mine at Wine Spectator magazine, where I worked for three years.
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