When do Robert Parker's next ratings come out?

Well, since the 2005 harvest has yet to occur in the Northern hemisphere, you can be assured that it won't be any time soon. His first, preliminary assessment of the 2005 Bordeaux (from barrel samples) will be in his Feb. 2006 issue. Other regions are less predictable, though you can expect to see reviews of 2005 whites occurring in late '06-mid '07 and reds in the '07/'08 issues.

Mark Lipton

No, has always been*) - and certainly will be - in the April issue.

*) except for the year of the 2nd gulf war, when he postponed his Bordeaux trip from spring to fall.

M.

Oops! You're right, of course, Michael. His April issue discusses the barrel tastings he attended in Feb.

Mark Lipton