The Wine Spectator now has about 35 full-time editors and writers.

"You know, when Wine Spectator puts my restaurant in the magazine and throws a party," he said.

Wine Spectator, which uses the same scoring system, gave no scores of 90 or above.

Wine Spectator began its restaurant awards program in 1981.

Now, Wine Spectator employs two people full time whose primary responsibility is to work on the awards.

Wine Spectator was the first, in the mid-1980's.

A little like that 88 from the Wine Spectator, in fact.

Some of the bottles have not just prices next to them but also numerical rankings from the Wine Spectator.

Since 1981, Wine Spectator has handed out 2,753 awards for restaurant lists.

He writes a regular column about coffee for the Wine Spectator.