This section of links & addresses holds details of websites and other publications and similarly useful outfits and operators mentioned in the editorial pages of this site.
Alsace-Wine.net
English version of Per Warfvinge's Swedish site devoted to Alsace. Lots of information on the region, its producers and wines, even a link to a weather forecast and suggestions on how to tour the region by bike.
www.alsace-wine.net
Arblaster & Clarke
Britain's leading wine tour specialist with 20 years of experience of various sorts of wine and beer in 26 countries. With regular weekend breaks to the Champagne region, Gourmet Holidays Vineyard Walks and luxury Wine Cruises.
www.winetours.co.uk
Bacchus & Comus
A rich source of information and reviews on wine, food and restaurants and more, set up by Purple Pager Neville Blech.
www.bacchusandcomus.com
bbr.com
Berry Bros & Rudd’s very successful fine wine retail site – packed with information, easy to use and worth visiting just for the experience. www.bbr.com
BettaneDesseauve.com
Current home for top French tasters Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve while they wait for their post Revue du Vin de France exclusion contract to run its course.
www.bettanedesseauve.com
BK Wine
A Scandinavian site by Britt Karlsson with an English translation. Its interesting attribute, perhaps, is its 3,000 photographs of cellars, vineyards and people around the wine world with useful captions.
www.bkwine.com
BlueWine.com
Useful site that is basically a directory of all known wine-related websites.
www.bluewine.com
BordeauxCentral
An international wine links library and wine merchant directory - a spinoff from Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts - see below.
www.groups.msn.com/BordeauxCentral
Bordeaux Nut
American Bordeauxphile and fine taster Jim Dove posts his thoughts, notes, experiences and pictures on www.bordeauxnut.com
Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts
Originally an American, but now international, discussion group that is just what it says it is - and a whole lot more.
www.bordeauxwineenthusiast.com
Bordeaux Wine Travel
Axel Evertsbusch offers chauffeur service and wine tours around South West France, in English, French or German. 0033 (0)674 998725
www.bordeaux-wine-travel.com
Jim Budd
A one-man band who specialises in hunting down drinks fraud - particularly those who have been luring British investors into buying fine wine and whisky at vastly inflated prices. He spends a considerable amount of time in court and at Companies House, and has been instrumental in closing down a number of dodgy businesses. The only trouble is that their begetters tend to turn up again in different guises. See Budd v the claret web.
jim@investdrinks.org
www.investdrinks.org
Burghound.com
An American-based, Burgundy-researched site for true Burgundy lovers set up by Allen Meadows, who provides subsribcers with tons of independent advice for free thinkers.
www.burghound.com
Cellar Tasting
A Seattle-based 'group of enthusiasts that love wine, but wanted a forum to discuss wine that wasn't dominated by the retail trade or by classic "wine snobs". We are everyday people with a passion for good understanding of wine', they say.
www.cellartasting.com
Cellar Tastings
A US-based listing of wine-related events, with wine, food and travel information.
www.cellartastings.com/en/links
Cephas
The top wine photo library in the UK and very possibly far beyond. Mick Rock has assembled a great crew of wine-minded photographers and runs a very easy-to-use website.
www.cephas.com
Chateau Ventenac Wine Tours
Attractive property on the Canal du Midi offers tours of the Languedoc, guided by locally-based Master of Wine Juliet Bruce-Jones.
www.chateauventenac.com
Chow Maine Guide
Bob Rossi writes about wines on Nancy English's food site about coastal
Maine.
www.chowmaineguide.com
Comic Relief
An extremely active and successful British-based charity that raises millions every other year via Red Nose Day for projects in Africa and Britain. Since 1999, fundraising has also included Wine Relief in the build up to Red Nose Day, with a 10% donation from sales of selected wines in supermarkets and a wide range of other one-off activities.
www.rednoseday.com and www.rednoseday.com/partners/wine-relief
1001 Delicija (1001 Delicacies)
A Croatian company that promotes the traditional Croatian culture of fine wine and food via festivals, exhibitions and foodie events. They also offer 'tailor-made gourmet travels within Croatia, holiday cooking courses, gastro trips, cooking schools, wine and olive oil trails, cooking team building, gourmet sailings, and special dinners'.
tel +385 98 228386 or +385 98 227618
laniva@1001delicija.com
www.1001delicija.com
Decanter
Britain's oldest consumer wine magazine, now owned, oddly enough, by Time Warner. Good for columns by the likes of Broadbent, Johnson and Spurrier, but for news, go to the frequently updated website.
www.decanter.com
Drink Pink
The website for all lovers of rosé wines.
www.drink-pink.com
Dr Vino
American enthusiast Tyler Colman's wine website provides a bit of fun and more stuff on inexpensive wines than most wine media.
www.drvino.net
FineWinePress.com
English-language version of the tasting notes of www.bettanedesseauve and also home to People in Wine, a podcast on wine, and a new site dedicated to wine professionals - Wine Industry Report.
www.finewinepress.com
Food and Wine Matching
Astute and diligent British wine and food writer Fiona Beckett shares her expertise.
www.matchingfoodandwine.com
For the Love of Port
Excellent independent, free resource, including website, from knowledgeable port lover Roy Hersh of Seattle, who now also organises tours to Portugal and Madeira.
www.fortheloveofport.com
France Property and Information
A wide range of free information on various aspects of living in France, including some information on French wine and properties for sale.
www.france-property-and-information.com
grape
A subversive South African wine magazine edited by Tim James but with an impressive roster of contributors including Michael Fridjhon and Cathy van Zyl MW.
www.grape.co.za
Harpers
The weekly subscription-only magazine for the British (some might say international) wine and spirit trade. News, profiles, gossip and often more useful in-depth articles than, say, Decanter. Particularly good on wine science and statistics.
www.harperswinespirit.com
Hidden Wineries
A newly established small-scale operation offering a range of ways to help you plan visits to wine regions and specialising in what they refer to as 'hidden wineries'. The service ranges from planning and contacts to tailor-made guided tours.
www.hidden-wineries.com
International Wine Cellar
Stephen Tanzer's newsletter, in direct competition with Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and particularly good on Burgundy, Piemonte, Germany and Austria.
www.internationalwinecellar.com
LocalWineEvents.com
Easy to use diary of wine and food events by city, worldwide. (Spirits and beer events as well.) Post your own event or sign up to be notified when new events are posted to your area.
www.localwineevents.com
Natalie MacLean
An energetic Canadian wine writer with a lively, enthusiastic voice whose regular email newsletters are free and provide a bright, breezy, very personal perspective on wine.
www.natdecants.com
Nick Sweet
Based in Wimereux in France, Nick runs tastings, seminars, courses and trips and specialises in organic and biodynamic wines.
nicholas.sweet@gmail.com
www.nicksweet.co.uk
Madeira Wine Guide
A German-based site for those wise enough to be mad about fine Madeira. The site is packed with information, some quite abstruse, all in English. The look of the thing is a little dull (shades of pot and kettle here), but a visual revamp is promised.
www.madeirawineguide.com
Campbell Mattinson
Australia's most literate wine writer has his own independent site, part of it free.
www.winefront.com.au
OnWine
Australian wine writer Jeremy Oliver's site.
www.jeremyoliver.com.au
Platter Wine Guide
South Africa's exceptionally detailed and useful annual guide to its wines and where to drink them. Originally by John and Erica Platter but now by a team of the size warranted by the job.
www.platterwineguide.com
Robert Parker
The world's most famous wine critic produces a fat newsletter, The Wine Advocate. After a few weeks the contents of the Advocate are published on eRobertParker.com, whose real value is in its database of Parker's tasting notes, as well as hosting the Mark Squires' Wine Bulletin Board since 2002 and what was Neal Martin's wine-journal.com. www.eRobertParker.com
La Revue du Vin de France
France's only consumer wine magazine, part of the Groupe Marie Claire. Very dense and useful, for Francophiles. Lots of tastings and background. Probably more up to the minute than your local retailer, though arguably not quite as up to the minute as it should be.
BP 450, 60732 Sainte-Geneviève Cedex, France
www.larvf.com/rvf
tel (subscriptions) +33 3 44 03 26 17
tel (back numbers, ask for Alexis Bernard) +33 1 41 40 23 23
fax +33 3 44 03 37 02
Geoffrey Roberts Award
Travel bursary awarded to individual making a positive difference to the world of food, drink or travel.
Contact: Venetia Lebus, Hon Secretary
103 Streathbourne Road, London SW17 8RA
GeoffreyRobertsa@aol.com
www.geoffreyrobertsaward.com
Slow Food
The Tuscany-based organisation dedicated to encouraging quality, biodiversity and endangered varieties in food and drink. It has recently launched the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italian and English (see below). The Slow Food annual wine guide Italian Wines is an offshoot which, oddly, too often celebrates wines made from non-Italian varieties (see 2003 tre bicchiere selections - Italy's top wines?).
www.slowfood.com
Mark Squires
An American-based wine information site, E-Zine on Wine. The famous Mark Squires' Wine Bulletin Board is now hosted by eRobertParker.com. www.marksquires.com
Zoltan Szabo
Sommelier, consultant, and journalist based in Toronto.
www.zoltanszabo.ca
Uruguayan Wine Guide
Helmut von Hagen's guide to all things Uruguayan, but especially wine, including information on where to buy Uruguayan wines in the export market. Usefully in Spanish, German and English.
www.vino-uruguay.com
Verema
A lively forum, initially for Spanish wine lovers and lovers of Spanish wine. Since early 2004 it also has been available in English.
www.verema.com/en
Vin Avisen
Anker Tiedemann's weekly newsletter about wine, published in Denmark. www.vinavisen.dk
Vine Visit
A small and specialist wine tour company owned and run by Durham GP Jamie Harrison and wine writer and educator Helen Savage. Their focus is mainly on the classic wine regions of Europe. There's an emphasis on all things sustainable and travel is generally by rail and road. In association with Adnams of Southwold.
www.vinevisit.com
Vinopolis
Wine-orientated tourist destination and wine tour, located between Borough Market and the river in London SE1. Offers a tour of wine and its associated pleasures, Majestic shop, an events venue and 4 restaurants. City of Wine
1 Bank End
London SE1 9BU
tel +44 (0)20 7940 8300
fax +44 (0)20 7940 8302
sales@vinopolis.co.uk
www.vinopolis.co.uk
VisitVineyards.com
A comprehensive independent guide to the best of wine and culinary travel in regional Australia. It has the largest searchable database of Australian wineries and vineyards, plus wine education and wine region accommodation, linked to food (growers, makers, markets, provedores, restaurants, cooking schools), golf and related activities. Subscribers to Visit Vineyards® receive a special rate when they join JancisRobinson.com and pay in Australian dollars.
www.visitvineyards.com
Wein-Plus
Leading wine portal in German and now English.
www.wein-plus.com
WineAccess
An American retail wine search engine - not nearly as useful or easy to use as WineSearcher.
www.wineaccess.com
Wine Alchemy
Personal site of British wine enthusiast Paul Howard whose report on New Zealand is published on this site and whose special interests are New Zealand, Burgundy and biodynamics.
www.winealchemy.com
WineAnorak
British scientist-cum-wine enthusiast and writer Jamie Goode's quizzical, increasingly rich and worthwhile website. Crammed with wine science - an absolute must for wine students.
www.wineanorak.com
Wine Appreciation Guild
A San Francisco-based specialist publisher and retailer of wine books, videos, wine accessories, maps, DVDs - you name it, they got it.
www.wineappreciation.com
Wine Business
A consistently interesting California-based wine business publication and website for wine professionals. Used barrels? Bulk wine? A job? It's all here.
www.winebusiness.com
The Wine Doctor
Neonatalogist Chris Kissack adds something to his well-designed, well-informed site most days before going to tend newborns in northwest England. He's a true enthusiast, particularly enthusiastic about France, especially the Loire.
www.thewinedoctor.com
Wine Enthusiast
America's other wine magazine is trying hard and is another disciple of the 100-point system.
www.winemag.com
Wine Hardware
A US retail site associated with Wine Appreciation Guild (see above). www.winehardware.com
Wine Library TV
Gary Vaynerchuk hardly needs anyone else to publicise him.. Check out his near-daily online wine tasting shows, based on bottles plucked off the family Wine Library store in New Jersey.
www.winelibrary.tv
Wine Lovers Page
American Robin Garr's information-packed site with a particularly active international wine forum (which even reaches Antarctica apparently) and an online tasting course. See more detailed profile in wine news.
www.wineloverspage.com
Wine Magazine
South Africa's leading magazine for wine consumers.
www.winemag.co.za
WineMakingTalk.com
Home winemaking community discussion forum supplemented by forums on other aspects of wine plus cooking and travel. Associated with www.HomeBrewTalk.com.
www.winemakingtalk.com
The Wine News
America's first large-format glossy wine magazine based in Florida and founded in 1985.
tel (305) 740 7170
fax (305) 740 7153
www.thewinenews.com
Wine Pages
Scot Tom Cannavan's Glasgow-based wine information site. Britain's most important free site by far, with a particularly active British wine forum and lots of bells and whistles.
www.wine-pages.com
Wine Report
Tom Stevenson’s gossipy wine trade annual, including global reports from acknowledged regional experts, wine on the web, and the 100 most exciting wine finds, such as Auxerrois from the Netherlands, Pinot Gris from Luxembourg and Tempranillo from Thailand, among some more mainstream gems.
Wine Searcher
A particularly effective wine retail search engine started by an employee of London fine wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd and now operated largely from New Zealand (though you'd never know it). Reveals fascinating worldwide price comparisons. The 'Pro' version includes far more sources for the wines listed but you do have to pay for it.
www.wine-searcher.com
Wine Spectator
The dominant American wine magazine. Very glossy and increasingly lifestyle-focused with a lively website attached. In the US, Parker's and Wine Spectator's scores out of 100 dominate wine retailing, unfortunately.
www.winespectator.com
Wine & Spirit Magazine
Britain's second consumer wine magazine. Livelier than Decanter and organisers of the International Wine Challenge.
www.wineint.com
Wine Travel Guides
Wink Lorch, wine writer and educator who specialises in Savoie and the Jura, launched this online guide to visiting wine regions in 2007. And there's a team of well-travelled wine writers behind the various reports.
www.winetravelguides.com
Wine Web
Useful resource (particularly but by no means exclusively for Americans) listing details of more than 34,000 wine producers worldwide, with information on how to buy their wines.
www.wineweb.com
The World of Fine Wine
An upmarket, quite expensive, but admirably serious bi-monthly glossy magazine about top-quality wine that was launched in summer 2004.
www.finewinemag.com
