Some of the world’s greatest wine estates farm by the phases of the moon and bury cow horns full of manure in their vineyards. The reason traces back to eight lectures given by an Austrian philosopher in the last year of his life. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma ·
If one person turned Napa Valley from a farming backwater into a global icon, it was Robert Mondavi — a tireless salesman with an unshakable belief that California could stand with the greatest wines on earth. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent
You have seen the numbers on shelf-talkers and back labels: “94 points,” “98 points.” They come from a system one critic invented in 1978 — and it changed how the whole world buys wine. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with
A Maryland lawyer with an extraordinary palate turned wine criticism into a force of nature. For a generation, a single number from Robert Parker could make a wine’s fortune — or break it. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI
