David Schildknecht

David Schildknecht is an American wine critic, a full time member of The Wine Advocate tasting team since 2006, and contributor to recent editions of Robert Parker's Wine Buyer’s Guide. An authority on the wine of Germany and Austria, he also considers the Loire Valley a specialty, a wine region he has described as "the bargain garden of France".^[1][2] He currently covers the French regions of the Loire Valley, Alsace, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Champagne, and Languedoc-Roussillon, as well as Austria, Germany and other central Europe wine producing regions, and additionally the American East Coast and Midwest wines.^[3][4]

Schildknecht worked with Rex Wine & Spirits from 1982, with Mayflower Wine and Spirits, and with Pearson’s. regularly assembled and presented wines from German growers for Parker's reports in The Wine Advocate from 1990 through 1996. From 1997 to 2002, Schildknecht reported from Austria, Germany and Hungary for Wine & Spirits and Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, and imported wines of France for Ohio-based wine importer and distributor Vintner Select.^[5]

Schildknecht has authored the material on German wines in the third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine, and has contributed to The World of Fine Wine. On the subject of TCA taint, Schildknecht has presented his views on stoppers on the website of Jancis Robinson.^[6]

Eric Asimov has described Schildknecht as "one of the most learned and thoughtful wine writers around".^[7]

See also

• List of wine personalities

References

• David Schildknecht profile eRobertParker.com

Footnotes

1. ^ Parker, Robert, BusinessWeek (September 25, 2008). "Loire Valley Values". http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/sep2008/bw20080925_097020.htm?investing+product+review. 
2. ^ Steinberger, Mike, Slate (August 31, 2005). "The Wino in Winter". http://www.slate.com/id/2125025/. 
3. ^ Goldberg, Howard G., Decanter.com (September 1, 2006). "Parker announces new staff". http://www.decanter.com/news/93914.html. 
4. ^ Comiskey, Patrick, Los Angeles Times (October 15, 2008). "Robert Parker shares his soapbox World of wine scores". http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/15/food/fo-parker15. 
5. ^ Fisher, Mark, Dayton Daily News: Uncorked (September 1, 2006). "Schildknecht to write for Parker’s Wine Advocate full time, leave Vintner Select". http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2006/09/01/. 
6. ^ Schildknecht, David, jancisrobinson.com (September 1, 2002). "David Schildknecht on corks". http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jr850.html. 
7. ^ Asimov, Eric, The New York Times: The Pour (December 16, 2008). "Parker Redux". http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/parker-redux/. 

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