Spain has been labeled as an undiscovered wine giant by the influential critic Robert Parker; who declared that Spain's potential for “high quality wines has become the wine world's most fashionable subject and the darling of wine consumers” with “great values as well as terrific wines emerging from virtually every region.” Wine Spectator has defined Spain as “ the new source of Europe 's most exciting wine and food.” Michael Franz predicts in the Washington Post that “the current decade will belong to Spain.”