Founded by wine critic Robert Whitley in 2003, Critics Challenge is one of the most important and respected wine and spirits competitions in the world. Entries are judged blind by noted wine and spirits journalists, bloggers and critics. Comments and scores from the individual judges are published on the competition results page for all award-winning entries.Platinum-winning wines receive reviews at WineReviewOnline and Platinum-winning spirits at SpiritsReviewOnline.