Mon 4 Sep 2006
The new writers for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate were announced today, following last week’s departure of Pierre Rovani and Daniel Thomases.
Aside from Parker, four new or expanded roles at the publication have been created. Parker himself will now cover only four regions.
David Schildknecht, who has written for the Advocate part-time since 2005, will leave his job in the wine business to become full-time in the New Year. He will bear much of the work left by Rovani as well as covering other areas not regularly touched on by the publication.
‘In addition to his continued championing of the wines of Germany and Austria as well as Central Europe and America’s Eastern and Midwestern wineries, [Schildknecht] will also cover Alsace, Burgundy, the Loire Valley and the Languedoc-Roussillon,’ Parker said.
Parker said his journal ‘will expand coverage by at least 30-50 percent, as many areas that have been shortchanged because of a lack of person-power will now receive full coverage.’
Schildknecht will also take on Champagne. Parker admits that until now, he has been ‘remiss’ in not focussing enough attention on the region. Further responsibilities include New Zealand and South Africa.
Beginning on 1 Oct, Antonio Galloni, who created the Piedmont Report newsletter two years ago, will cover all of Italy’s major wine areas, providing tasting reports and vintage assessments.
Galloni’s first reports will appear in the Advocate’s October issue, and will embrace 2001 Piedmont wines, 2003 Barbarescos and possibly 2001 Brunello di Montalcinos.
Parker has also hired Dr Jay Miller, with whom he has tasted wine weekly for almost 25 years. Miller will leave his post as the buyer and manager of Bin 604, a Baltimore wine shop, to cover Portugal’s fortified wines, the Pacific Northwest, Spain, Australia and South America. Mark Squires, who oversees the Bulletin Board on Parker’s Web site, will cover Portugal’s dry wines.
Parker himself will focus on Bordeaux, California, the Rhône Valley and Provence.
Much of the extra data, analysis and tasting notes will be absorbed by his website.
Parker also said he anticipated introducing a ‘critic-at-large’ to his website. He offered no identification but said the candidate is ‘a prolific writer who will provide remarkable diversity and expertise, and will represent a point of view outside the American perspective that now dominates this site.’
February 6th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
I usually give your newsletter to my son in law every year for Christmas. You never notify me when it is due, but I ususlly do it before the expiration date vomrd up. Why don’t you follow thru with annual purchases? I ordered it the week of Thanksgiving to be picked up when his subscription expired in 2006. I put in my credit card and did it all on line like I usually do and much to my surprise I now find out he never received it. His name is Dr. Peter Schloesser at [email protected]. Could you tell me why this was not sent to him or if you have any record of it. i want to appologize to him for the neglect. Up to now it has been a favorite of his.
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March 19th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Burgundy Wine… I used to not be a big fan of wine. When I was young I didn’t think wine was a fun drink at all. However, now that I am a little older I love to sip wine in the burgundy wine glasses I got as a wedding present from a cousin of my wife. I don’t know how come I had never appreciated the delicious aroma and taste of a good burgundy wine, not to mention the delicious feeling it gives me. When I was young I though the cool thing was to get drunk on strong liquor. Now I try to avoid getting drunk, but I do love the warm feeling a couple of glasses of wine give me. Two Burgundy wine glasses give me an amazing feeling of happiness, like I was floating and it sends me in a delicious trip. Now to mention how it makes my wife and me so hot for each other we can barely take it. We just want to rip each other clothes off.