Professional tasters who regularly carry out wine evaluations in the form of regulated tastings and publish the results in books, journals and wine guides. In most cases, they are also active as authors on the topics of food and drink or lifestyle (see under wine with food). The best-known members of the guild exert a significant influence on purchasing behaviour. A well-rated wine with at least 90 out of 100 points from US critic Robert M. Parker commands significantly higher prices. The ratings of star critics even influence wine styles and initiate certain trends in winemaking. Well-known wine critics, most of whom also work as wine authors:
From Eric Asimov to Patrick Dussert-Gerber
by Gerhard Eichelmann Walter Kutscher
- Gerhard EichelmannEichelmann Gerhard - Germany
- Len EvansEvans Len (Leonard Paul Evans) - Australia
- Wolfgang FaßbenderFaßbender Wolfgang - Germany
- René GabrielGabriel René- Switzerland
- Antonio GalloniGalloni Antonio - USA
- Giancarlo GariglioGariglio Giancarlo - Italy
- Fabio GiavedoniGiavedoni Fabio - Italy
- Joshua GreeneGreene Joshua - USA
- James HallidayHalliday James - Australia
- Christa HantenHanten Christa - Austria
- Steve HeimoffHeimoff Steve - USA
- Marcus HofschusterHofschuster Marcus - Germany
- Hugh JohnsonJohnson Hugh - England
- Odette KahnKahn Odette - France
- Helmut O. KnallKnall Helmut - Austria
- Rudolf KnollKnoll Rudolf - Germany
- Walter KutscherKutscher Walter - Austria
from Monica Larner to Peter Moser
- Monica LarnerLarner Monica - USA/Italy
- Andreas Larsson - Sweden
- James LaubeLaube James - USA
- Alexis LichineLichine Alexis - France
- Peter LiemLiem Peter - USA
- Campbell MattinsonMattinson Campbell - Australia
- Debra MeiburgMeiburg Debra - USA/Hong Kong
- Charles MetcalfeMetcalfe Charles - England
- Jay Miller - USA
- Kym MilneMilne Kym - Australia
- Peter Moser - Austria
Jeremy Oliver to Gábor Rohály
- Jeremy OliverOliver Jeremy - Australia
- Robert M. ParkerParker Robert - USA
- José Peñin - Spain
- David PeppercornPeppercorn David - England
- Lisa Perrotti-BrownPerrotti-Brown Lisa - USA/Singapore
- Émile PeynaudPeynaud Émile - France
- Stuart PigottPigott Stuart - England
- John PlatterPlatter John - South Africa
- Olivier PoussierPoussier Olivier - France
- Frank J. PrialPrial Frank - USA
- Jens PriewePriewe Jens - Germany
- Michael PrónayPrónay Michael - Austria
- Cyril RayRay Cyril - England
- Jancis RobinsonRobinson Jancis - England
- Gábor RohályRohály Gábor - Hungary
John U. Salvi to Serena Sutcliffe
- John U. SalviSalvi John - England
- Mario ScheuermannScheuermann Mario - Germany
- David SchildknechtSchildknecht David - USA
- Peter Schleimer - Austria
- Frank SchoonmakerSchoonmaker Frank - USA
- Viktor SieglSiegl Viktor - Austria
- André Louis SimonSimon André- France
- Steven SpurrierSpurrier Steven - England
- Mark Squires - USA
- Carsten M. StammenStammen Carsten - Germany
- Rudolf SteurerSteurer Rudolf - Austria
- Tom StevensonStevenson Tom - England
- James SucklingSuckling James - USA
- Eckhard SuppSupp Eckhard - Germany
- Serena SutcliffeSutcliffe Serena - England
Stephen Tanzer to Franco Ziliani
- Stephen TanzerTanzer Stephen - USA
- Christian VannequeVanneque Christian - France
- Gay VaynerchukVaynerchuk Gary - USA
- Luigi VeronelliVeronelli Luigi - Italy
- Henry VizetellyVizetelly Henry - England
- Franco ZilianiZiliani Franco
See also under literature (wine authors), wine speech (wine description) and winegrowing personalities.
Robert Parker: © Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
Gary Vaynerchuk: From Vaynermedia - Flickr, CC0, Link
Walter Kutscher: Faber & Partner
