The participants included German celebrities and later expanded to include some of the most prominent international wine critics.

Over all, Connecticut wines have an excellent reputation, according to the two wine critics.

Robert Parker has written that "it is imperative for a wine critic to pay his own way.

It's only the language of professional wine critics that's off-putting, or sometimes just bizarre.

Most wine critics combine their prose with a numerical rating.

Some wine critics and retailers believe they are up to the challenge.

Despite controversy surrounding his reviews and scores, he continues to be the most widely known wine critic in the world today.

Mr. Parker is not simply the most powerful wine critic in the world.

First, wine critics (rather than just official classifications) started to have an influence on demand and prices.

This put him at odds with some of the wine critics.