Robert Parker Jr.
Robert Parker Jr. has been the author and publisher of The Wine Advocate for twenty-four years. He is also the author of the following internationally bestselling as well as award-winning books: Burgundy, Bordeaux, The Wines of the Rhone Valley, and Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide. He is the first wine writer to receive both of France’s highest honours, knighthoods in the National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honour. He is widely regarded as the ‘Emperor of Wines’

Jeremy Oliver
Jeremy Oliver is one of Australia’s leading wine communicator and one of its most prolific and respected wine writers. He has published 16 books to date. A specialist wine critic and commentator, he is known for the frankness and integrity of his opinions and for the research behind his work. Fully independent, with no ties to any maker or producer, he calls it as he sees it. A great supporter of the Australian wine industry, and a popular and active ambassador for Australian wine around the world, he doesn’t hesitate to address the issues that he believes are important to its future. His reviews and comments are published all over the world.

James Halliday
James Halliday is one of Australia’s most respected wine writers and one of its most senior wine judges. He has written and co-authored over 50 books on wine since 1979 and has contributed to numerous others, including Jancis Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine and the Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine. His books have received numerous awards, among them the Wine Spectator Book of the Year. Several of his titles have been translated into foreign languages, including French, German, Japanese and Danish. James Halliday also maintains twice-weekly wine columns in The Australian newspaper. A wine judge since 1977, he judges regularly all over the world. James Halliday has been recognised at the highest level for his contribution to the wine industry. He has received numerous awards internationally.