David Schildknecht

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, the Jura, the Savoie and (through calendar 2013) the Languedoc-Roussillon, as well as Austria, Germany and other central Europe wine producing regions, and additionally Oregon, the American East Coast and Midwest wines.

From 1985-1995, he reported from Austria, Germany, selected regions of France and Hungary for Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar.

On the subject of TCA taint, Schildknecht has presented his views on stoppers on the website of Jancis Robinson.

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