Stephen Tanzer is an American

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critic and editor at Vinous. From 1985 until he joined Vinous in 2014, Tanzer was the publisher of the critically acclaimed bimonthly ''International Wine Cellar'', an independent journal read by wine professionals and other wine lovers in all 50 U.S. states and 34 countries, and the first American wine periodical to be translated into French and Japanese. Tanzer has particular expertise on the wines of

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, as well as other prominent wine regions, including

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, Washington State, and South Africa. Tanzer has written wine columns for ''

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'' and ''

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''. Among his books are ''The WineAccess Buyer's Guide'' and ''Food and Wine Magazine's Official Wine Guide''. Tanzer's '' International Wine Cellar'', which employed a modern

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system on a 70-100 point quality scale, was considered in direct competition with Robert Parker's ''

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'', though Tanzer's "controlled prose" is in contrast to the more flamboyant style of Parker. Tanzer still uses this scale in his ratings and reviews with Vinous. In February 2010, Tanzer launched the website "Winophilia" in the wine

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format, which published short articles by Tanzer, ''IWC'' collaborator Josh Raynolds, and other ''IWC'' contributors. On November 18, 2014 Vinous, founded by

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, announced it had agreed to acquire Stephen Tanzer's IWC and in late 2014 IWC's archive had been transferred in a combined site home, available to both Vinous and IWC readers.

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Jay McInerney">"A Critic Who Favors Finesse Over Power"
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