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Calendars
Local
Wine Events, created
by Eric Orange, lists tastings, dinners, fairs, auctions, etc.
that are upcoming in your city or one you might be traveling
to. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Wine
Events Calendar includes news,
articles and links, in addition to listing events oriented toward
the wine industry, trade, and professionals. The site is operated
by Earl Singer, former publishing partner of the Connoisseurs'
Guide to California Wine newsletter. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Consumer-Oriented
(unlimited free access)
All
About Wine is a very
easy-to-use portal of wine links
Appellation
America promotes awareness of the growing number of distinct
American winegrowing regions and the growing culture of wine
drinkers in the U.S.
Gambero
Rosso, the Italian Wine magazine
(click on "english version" from their home page)
Global
Wine News
Happy Hours
(click on "Wine" from the drop-down "Topic"
menu)
Les
Kincaid's Lifestyles (click
on "Wine")
Mead
on Wine &
Wine
Trader (although
Jerry Mead died in 2000, these archives of his articles, many
full of "timeless" observations, remain online)
Spirit
Journal offers wine and spirits
reviews by F.Paul Pacult
Swirl
Wine News has
discontinued publication, but still offers back issues and FREE
sample issue download.
Touring
& Tasting (click
the "Magazine" link)
Wine
& Dine, has a distinct European
wine focus and British flavor.
Wine Country
touring, lodging, etc., in US wine regions
Wine
Weekly wine reviews and articles by the anonymous "Vino
Joe"
Wine
X shares passionately irreverent
wine appreciation with the youthful (legal) market.
See also: General
& Personal Wine Sites
News
Benson
Marketing Group will
email you links, culled from web headlines world-wide, to news
stories in any of several (daily) categories of wine news, interstate
wine shipping, wine e-commerce, or the (weekly) "wine afficionado"
distillation. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Grape
Newsletter presents
"South Africa's Independent Wine Viewpoint" with no advertising
or "advertorials".
Wine
Press Northwest
provides news of wines from British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon,
and Washington.
WineNZ
Magazine combines
original content and news feeds of particular interest to NZ
wine fanciers.
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Printed Magazines &
Newsletters (limited access / samplers)
Connoisseurs'
Guide to California Wine
contains excellent sections on Geography, Vocabulary, Grape
Varietals, as well as Best Buy recommendations, archived articles
from their monthly wine review newsletter and a Special Online
Offer for new subscribers. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
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Decanter
is one of the
best printed publications for world wine news; also feature
articles, reviews of wines. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED |
Quarterly
Review of Wine has wine reviews and excellent articles by
a variety of authors; there is also a deal for subscribing on-line.
RECOMMENDED
Restaurant
Wine is the site for a monthly
newsletter of special interest to the trade. Consumers may also
take an interest in the wine reviews and even articles on issues
that may impact their wining and dining. Author Ronn Weigand
is the only Master of Wine and Master
Sommelier on the planet! TasteTour,
also by this author, is a series of artistic, practical guides
to varietals (WineGuides) and posters (WineCharts) on the major
wines of the world. RECOMMENDED
Robert
Parker Online
is available by subscription. A "Free Trial" area allows limited
access to the offerings of articles and thousands of tasting
notes. RECOMMENDED
The Wine
News contains more "features" than it does straight
"news", but the authors are varied and the articles
are often thorough and thought-provoking.
RECOMMENDED
The
Wine Report is
the online reflection of a bi-monthly general-wine-interest
magazine, primarily aimed at consumers in the Southeast US.
RECOMMENDED
Uncorked,
written by Mark
Spivak & Sue Haley offers complete texts by subscription
only, although sample article "teasers" are available
on-line.
Wine
& Spirits has on-line samples of its print-version articles.RECOMMENDED
Wine
Enthusiast offers a fairly liberal on-line sampling of articles
from their print publication.RECOMMENDED
Wine
Spectator was one of the best sites for free daily
wine news, but full access is now exclusively by paid subscription.
Industry-Oriented
Sites
(see Business
Resources)
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