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| Editor and publisher | Marvin R. Shanken |
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| Categories | Wine magazine |
| First issue | April 1, 1976 |
| Company | M. Shanken Communications |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0193-497X |
Wine Spectator is an American lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine, wine culture and wine ratings. It is the flagship publication of M. Shanken Communications, which also publishes Cigar Aficionado, Whisky Advocate, Market Watch, Shanken News Daily and Shanken’s Impact Newsletter.[1]
Wine Spectator editors review more than 15,000 wines each year in blind tastings. Wines are reviewed on a 100-point scale. Every issue contains 400 to 1,000 wine reviews with detailed tasting notes and drink recommendations[2]
Each year since 1988, the publication has released its Top 100 list, where editors select the most exciting wines from the thousands reviewed during the course of the year.[3] The Top 100 includes the coveted Wine of the Year honor.
Jeffery Lindenmuth is executive editor. As of 2023, senior editors include Bruce Sanderson, James Molesworth, Alison Napjus, MaryAnn Worobiec, Tim Fish, Kristen Bieler and Aaron Romano.[4]
Past wine tasters include former managing editor Jim Gordon, Per-Henrik Mansson, former senior editor and European bureau chief James Suckling, who served at the magazine from 1981 to 2010, and former senior editor Nathan Wesley, who worked in the magazine's tasting department from 2005 to 2013.[5][6][7][8]
Thomas Matthews served as executive editor from 1999 until his retirement in January 2021.[9]
Longtime senior editor Kim Marcus, who helped shape the magazine's global coverage of wine for more than three decades, died in January 2022.[10]
- ^ "About Us". Wine Spectator.
- ^ "About Our Tastings". Wine Spectator.
- ^ "Top 100". Wine Spectator.
- ^ "Wine Spectator Taster Profiles". Wine Spectator.
- ^ "About Us - Editors". winesandvines.com.
- ^ "Senior Editor James Suckling Retires from Wine Spectator". Wine Spectator. July 14, 2010.
- ^ Lechmere, Adam (July 15, 2010). "Shock as Suckling leaves Wine Spectator". decanter.com.
- ^ "Wine Spectator's Worobiec and Wesley Promoted to Senior Editor". Wine Spectator.
- ^ "Some Thoughts About Tom". Wine Spectator.
- ^ Zimmerman, Liza (January 20, 2022). "Kim Marcus".