Robert Parker Wine Advocate

1 week ago | robertparker.com | Joe Czerwinski

Although he grew up in New York’s Finger Lakes and can remember visiting local wineries with his parents, Joe Czerwinski didn’t catch the wine bug until he went away to college. During his first and only semester of graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, he spent more time and money on wine and wine books than archaeology. That led to a brief stint in a Manhattan wine shop, because all the British wine writers whose books he was reading said that was the best way to learn about wine.

Jan 23, 2025 | robertparker.com | Stephan Reinhardt

Stephan Reinhardt researched and taught as a theater scholar at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich until shortly after the turn of the millennium. As a theater and music critic for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany), he switched to wine in the fall of 2000 and has written exclusively about wine ever since.

Sep 5, 2024 | robertparker.com | Erin Larkin

Aug 8, 2024 | robertparker.com | Luis Gutierrez

Luis Gutiérrez comes from an IT background with over two decades of experience working for a large multinational company in Madrid, sharing his free time between his family and wine. He lives in the Spanish capital with his family. He's a founding member of elmundovino.com, the dean and most prestigious wine website published in Spanish, where he has written and tasted since its creation in the year 2000.

Aug 1, 2024 | robertparker.com | Matthew Luczy

Matthew Luczy grew up in Mariposa, a small town in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career and fell in love with wine after entering the restaurant world at age 18. With the help of mentors who have become lifelong friends, he passed the Introductory and Certified Sommelier exams at age 22. Around this time, Matthew first dined at Mélisse (2 MICHELIN Stars), a Los Angeles fine dining staple.