Allen Meadows is an American wine critic and publisher of the Burghound.com quarterly newsletter and website.
[4] Within a relatively short time following its launch, the service came to be viewed by many as "the definitive word on matters Burgundian",[5] and Meadows "a leading Burgundy critic".
[6] Among the reasons cited for the success of Burghound.com are that Meadows already held a strong online discussion-group reputation, and that Robert Parker had ceased to cover Burgundy for The Wine Advocate in 1996, and delegated coverage of the region to Pierre Rovani with limited success, providing an opening for Meadows.
[3] It has been suggested that the Burghound coverage of the 2005 vintage of Burgundy did as much to Meadows' reputation as 1982 Bordeaux did for Robert Parker.
[8][9] A second and extremely well received book by Meadows was published in 2018 with co-author Doug Barzelay, "Burgundy Vintages - a History from 1845" - also available at burghoundbooks.com