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Decanter is a wine and lifestyle magazine, published monthly in over 91 countries, including China. The magazine includes industry news, vintage guides and wine and spirits recommendations. Decanter also organizes the annual Decanter World Wine Awards.
Following the success of wine columns in British newspapers, the magazine was founded in London in 1975. It is the oldest consumer wine publication in the UK. According to author Evelyne Resnick, it has a comparable function for the UK than the Wine Spectator has in the US.
Decanter magazine focuses its work primarily on wines available on the UK market. Although its target audience is end consumers, Decanter is widely read by retailers and producers. Its editorial includes news, essays, travel research, interviews, analysis and market reports. Unlike other publications that review different wines from various regions, Decanter focuses its reviews on just one or two regions per issue; 41% of Decanter readers are under 45 years of age.
The magazine launched the website, Decanter.com, in 1999. The website is considered one of the top online wine magazines. Among its services, it offers a wine investment guide in conjunction with Berry Bros. & Rudd.
www.decanter.com
Jancis Mary Robinson was born on April 22, 1950 in Cumbria, in the North West of England;
She graduated in mathematics and philosophy at St Anne's College, University of Oxford and began his career as a wine critic on December 1, 1975 at Wine and Spirits;
Robinson is now a renowned wine critic and journalist and writes a weekly column for the “Financial Times” and writes on its website;
Jancis Robinson has been the Queen of England's official wine adviser for some years and has been considered by “Decanter” the “most respected wine critic and journalist in the world”;
Author of several published works, such as “The Oxford Companion to Wine”, “The World Atlas of Wine”, Robinson is today one of the world's leading writers of encyclopedic content on wine.
www.jancisrobinson.com
Revista de Vinhos is the reference publication in the wine and gastronomy segment. With 28 years of continuous monthly edition, it is the medium with the most notoriety in the national market, influencing the behavior of many tens of thousands of consumers.
The magazine's editorial focus is wine tasting, visits to producers and wine regions in Portugal and abroad, interviews with personalities in this area, opinion columns on wine and gastronomic topics, as well as evaluations of wine-gastronomy pairing. Gastronomy, gourmet products and eno-gastronomic tourism are also strong themes of Revista de Vinhos - A Essência do Vinho: criticism and evaluation of restaurants, information on gastronomic products, travel suggestions and places to visit.
In addition to the edition of the magazine and respective special editions, such as the Wine Guide, Good Shopping Guide, among others, Revista de Vinhos is responsible for organizing two of the biggest wine events held in the national market: “Premio os Melhores do Year" and "Meeting with Wine/Meeting with Flavors". A strong brand, with prestige and growing.
Revista de Vinho is owned by Essência do Vinho and the editorial coordination of the publication is its sole responsibility.
www.revistadevinhos.pt
Robert Parker first became interested in wine in 1967 during a trip to France to visit his girlfriend;
Despite his interest in enology, Parker graduated in Law, History and Art History in 1973 from the University of Maryland, and for more than a decade he practiced law and was a consultant at the Bank of Baltimore. But in 1984, he abandoned his career as a lawyer to dedicate himself exclusively to writing about wine, which he had already been doing as a sideline activity, and in 1978 he published the first issue of his specialized wine magazine, "The Wine Advocate". Wine), which he sent free to industrialists and wine merchants. The publication was distinguished by the new criteria for evaluating and scoring wines from 50 to 100 points.
Currently, the magazine “The Wine Advocate”, with a bimonthly circulation, has more than fifty thousand subscribers spread across 38 countries and decisively influences the consultation habit of large buyers and wine experts worldwide. In addition to evaluating wines in his own magazine, Parker collaborates with others, such as “Food and Wine” and “Business Week”.
Parker is the only writer and wine critic to have been honored by the governments of major wine producing countries like France and Italy. He received the Pulitzer Prize for the articles and books on oenology that he published.
www.robertparker.com
VINHO Grandes Escolhas is a monthly publication, born in May 2017 and focused on the themes of wine, gastronomy, travel, wine tourism and lifestyle.
The publication is directed by Luís Ramos Lopes and João Geirinhas, the duo who in recent decades have been responsible for Revista de Vinhos and its editorial focus is wine criticism, the basic information that allows the reader, both the consumer and the professional, to take your purchasing decisions with as much information as possible.
Grandes Escolhas also assumes as its primary activity the production of content for the events it organizes, always with the aim of promoting Portuguese wines and everything related to them, among which the fair “Vinho & Sabores” stands out. Grandes Escolhas” which takes place in Lisbon;
www.grandesescolhas.com
Wine Enthusiast Companies is a multi-channel marketer of wine and spirits related products. The company works with retailers but also serves direct consumers and is headquartered in Valhalla, New York;
In 1988 the company founded Wine Enthusiast Magazine with the aim of gathering information about the world of wines and spirits;
Every month the magazine evaluates hundreds of wines and reports on topics that have something to do with the world of wines such as lifestyle, entertainment, travel, catering and notable sommeliers;
Published 14 times a year, the magazine has a circulation of around 800,000 copies worldwide; The magazine is complemented by the “winemag” website, which has an extensive database of wine reviews, food pairings with wines or spirits, interviews and many other topics related to the wine world;
In addition to print and online publication, Wine Enthusiast Magazine organizes events for consumers and traders. The “Top 100 Wine Restaurant” event celebrates the top 100 wine restaurants in the United States presented annually in the August Issue and the annual “Wine Star Awards” dinner, during which awards and merits are recognized in ten different industry categories , such as “Personality of the Year” or “Best Winemaker” or others;
www.winemag.com
Wine Spectator is a prestigious American magazine specializing in wines. The publication is considered one of the most important and influential in the wine sector.
It was founded by Bob Morrisey in 1976 and acquired by Marvin R. Shanken three years later. The magazine has a print run of around 2.2 million copies.
Every year «Wine Spectator» publishes a list of the "100 best wines in the world", selected by a research and tasting team. Wines are graded on a scale of 85 to 100 points. Wines between 90 and 95 qualify as "outstanding" and those between 96 and 100 as "classics".
Occasionally, the magazine promotes events for other beverages and foods, such as blind cheese tastings.
www.winespectator.com