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What wine magazines are there?
The following printed wine magazines are important in German-speaking countries as well as internationally (in alphabetical order):
German-language wine magazines
- german magazine about wine, travel and culinary arts
- 4 issues per year
- The publisher says: "wein.plus is the magazine for wine professionals and one hundred percent wine-savvy readers. They get to know surprising, attractive holiday and excursion destinations in Europe, gain exciting insights into unknown and hidden wine worlds, learn about current trends and interesting personalities from the wine community and receive well-founded, independent tips for the best wines from European regions. The food pairing guides by renowned chefs and sommeliers explain which dishes go perfectly with wines, grape varieties and vintages - and which wines are particularly well suited to different occasions and dishes."
- german trade journal for wine producers
- 24 issues per year
- The publisher says: "As the official organ of the German Winegrowers' Association and its regional member associations, DER DEUTSCHE WEINBAU is compulsory reading for all wine-growing and wine-marketing businesses. The spectrum of specialist publications ranges from the work in the vineyard to the cellar management tasks of optimal vinification to questions of marketing-oriented business management. As the newsletter of the Committee for Technology in Viticulture, DER DEUTSCHE WEINBAU equally plays a leading role in the field of research and the implementation of results."
- german consumer magazine about travel, food, drink and lifestyle
- 12 issues per year
- The publisher says: "DER FEINSCHMECKER is a solitaire in the magazine market with the highest level of competence in matters of enjoyment. Month after month, DER FEINSCHMECKER informs its discerning readers in a knowledgeable and amusing way about attractive travel destinations, new trends in gastronomy, the hotel industry and viticulture as well as about regional specialities of the highest quality. The editorial team and its authors conduct on-the-spot research worldwide - incorruptible and always pleasure-oriented. With its expertise in all culinary matters at home and abroad, DER FEINSCHMECKER is an indispensable guide for discerning individualists."
- austrian trade magazine for wine producers
- 12 issues per year
- The publisher says: "DER WINZER is the largest German-language trade magazine on viticulture. With its finger on the pulse of the wine age, it provides up-to-date specialist content on viticulture, cellar technology, marketing, business and wine management on a monthly basis. The monthly magazine has the function of a competent advisor in the industry, and has done so for decades. The trade journal is the only medium in the wine industry to take part in the Austrian circulation control. DER WINZER also functions as a newsletter of the Austrian Winegrowers' Association."
- german consumer magazine about wine, people and cultures
- 4 issues per year
- The publisher says: "ENOS, the magazine of wines, people and cultures, is a new style wine magazine. More than the product and its creation, it focuses on the people of the wine world and their stories. enos delivers high-quality, exciting, well-written and, last but not least, impressively illustrated journalism. To live up to this claim, enos works with a number of Europe's best journalists, photographers and storytellers. ENOS is aimed at people for whom wine is part of their lifestyle, but who not only want to read about pleasure, but enjoy it while reading. ENOS, that is enjoyment and culture four times a year."
- Consumer magazine about wine and enjoyment and travel with three German-language editions for Austria, Germany and Switzerland
- 8 issues per year
- The publisher says: "FALSTAFF is the biggest magazine for wine and pleasure in the German-speaking world. With individual country editions for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, renowned wine and restaurant guides and a wide-ranging digital offering, Falstaff provides ideal channels for communicating with a very special premium target group: the epicureans."
- german trade magazine for gastronomy and sommellerie
- 4 issues per year
- The publisher says: "MEININGERS SOMMELIER is the service magazine for sommeliers and restaurateurs on wine, spirits and beverages as well as related gourmet topics. As the official organ of the Sommelier-Union Deutschland e.V., it is the link between the members of the Union, the upscale gastronomy and hotel industry as well as the producers and importers of high-quality wines and other beverages. MEININGERS SOMMELIER places particular emphasis on practical utility. Editorial focus: Concentrated information on growing regions, recommendable producers and wines, expert knowledge and further training, practical suggestions for pairing wines with food, beverage and cigar know-how, cellar management."
- german consumer magazine about wine
- 6 issues per year
- The publisher says: "MEININGERS WEINWELT is a special interest magazine for wine connoisseurs and beginners. The target group wants information that leads them to the right wines in an unpretentious way. MEININGERS WEINWELT offers exactly what wine lovers want: Addresses, prices, practical orientation aids, diverse tips on everything to do with wine, with the aim of making purchasing decisions easier. Whether in a restaurant, at a specialist wine, food or mail-order shop or at a winegrower's, the reader of MEININGERS WEINWELT is made familiar with wines in an undogmatic way. As a lively magazine, MEININGERS WEINWELT is not limited to wine alone. Rather, wine is integrated as a natural companion into a variety of topics - such as travel, gastronomy, enjoyment and much more that is important in the target group's field of taste."
- swiss consumer magazine about wine and olive oil from Italy
- 6 issues per year
- The publisher says: "MERUM is published six times a year in German. The topics revolve around the world of Italian wines and olive oil, the articles report on current developments in viticulture, on classic and forgotten areas of production. The target audience of MERUM are the decision-makers of Europe's most important wine and food market: wine importers, wine merchants, owners of delicatessens, representatives of top gastronomy and journalists from daily newspapers and magazines in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as the large community of lovers of Italy, its wines and its olive oil. Together with MERUM, every subscriber regularly receives the tasting supplement, MERUM SELEZIONE; an up-to-date and useful reference book to collect. Over the course of a year, the most important Italian appellations are tasted and presented as a selection in each number."
- german popular magazine about people and their stories with, for and through wine
- 2 issues per year
- The publisher says: "Wine magazine SCHLUCK is for culture- and design-loving epicureans, established, urban, sophisticated and wine-savvy. It caters to the nerd and entertains the beginner. It does not award points for wines. Always independent, authentically experiencing wine culture - as intensively and subjectively as possible. Wine is a constant companion, but not necessarily the protagonist. The topics range from architecture to music, from design to pleasure to travel. Wine magazine SCHLUCK also illuminates the edges and tells of interesting people and their authentic stories. Uncomfortable opinions, subjectivity and sarcasm included. Coupled with an unconventional visual language and terrific photos, unadulterated and direct."
- german consumer magazine about wine, enjoyment and travel
- 4 issues per year
- The publisher says: "SELECTION is one of the leading gourmet magazines in Germany with many interesting topics on wine, food, culture and travel - objective tastings of gourmet products are regularly carried out with an independent jury of experts."
- austrian public magazine about wine culture
- 7 issues per year
- The publisher says: "VINARIA is the leading wine magazine on the market. Tastings and recommendations give readers a secure basis for wine selection. Wine trips and gourmet stories round off the theme of enjoyment."
- Consumer magazine about wine with two German-language editions for Germany and Switzerland
- 10 issues per year
- The publisher says: "With a total circulation of over 84,500 printed copies in Europe, including 27,000 copies in Switzerland, VINUM is the largest wine magazine in Europe. VINUM has been published since 1980 and enjoys a high level of acceptance both among the large public interested in wine as well as among producers, in the trade and in the upscale gastronomy. The VINUM authors in the important wine-growing regions of Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Austria) ensure the high information value and authentic reporting from the respective 'terroir'. Each VINUM country edition has a distinct local editorial colour, with the same international magazine section forming the binding element between the different country editions. Thus, the different mentalities and market differences between Switzerland and Germany are taken into account."
- german trade magazine for wine merchants and producers
- 12 issues per year
- The publisher says: "Since ProWein 2000, WEIN+MARKT has served the wine industry as a valuable, independent source of information. Editor-in-chief Werner Engelhard and his editorial team deliver well-researched, serious news and articles as well as exciting tasting results in a contemporary modern layout. The distribution of WEIN+MARKT is constantly being improved and expanded so that advertising in WEIN+MARKT reaches a qualified readership of resellers in the wine wholesale and retail, import, food retail and beverage trade sectors."
- german trade journal for the wine trade
- 26 issues per year
- The publisher says: "Insiders consider WEINWIRTSCHAFT to be the most important, well-founded and reliable source for the wine, sparkling wine and champagne trade. For decades, the trade magazine has been regarded as the professional mouthpiece of the industry. Wherever wine is the subject of a strategic appreciation in the food and specialist trade, wherever professionals face the challenge of optimising their assortment, WEINWIRTSCHAFT provides the specialist journalistic basis for decision-making. Editorial advice is taken up by the industry beyond the specialist journalism, which to a large extent underlines the degree of reader-paper loyalty."
- german consumer magazine about wine
- 12 issues per year
- The publisher says: "WEINWISSER is the leading German-language infoletter for wine professionals and ambitious wine lovers. Founded in 1992 by the well-known Swiss wine critic René Gabriel, WEINWISSER systematically describes and evaluates more than 4,000 high-quality wines from all over the world every year and thus offers a unique shopping aid for wine professionals, passionate wine connoisseurs and for everyone who wants to know more about wine. The WEINWISSER online wine database lists 25,000 top international wines with detailed tasting notes and wine ratings according to the proven 20-point system. In addition to the detailed ratings of top wines, WEINWISSER informs about current market trends, presents established wineries from the first row and their wines as well as interesting newcomers. The WEINWISSER team of authors consists of the best German-speaking wine journalists. The article database currently contains more than 8,000 articles by the renowned team of authors. WEINWISSER is published monthly in a deliberately simple design as a stapled infoletter: "What counts here is above all the content, the exclusive specialist information."
English-language wine magazines
- british wine magazine
- 12 issues per year
- Wikipedia says: "The special interest magazine was founded in 1975 [...]. The main subject areas were and are wine and spirits. The magazine is published monthly in 90 countries. The magazine includes news on international wine topics, production companies, winemakers and wineries, vintages and wine recommendations/tastings, auctions and wine blogs. DECANTER organises the annual 'Decanter World Wine Awards'. Renowned trade journalists and authors such as Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson and Steven Spurrier write for the magazine."
- english-language online wine magazine about German, Austrian, Italian and Swiss wine
- Edited by journalists Valerie Kathawala (New York City) and Paula Redes Sidore (Bad Honnef)
- Since October 2020, the magazine has been reporting in comprehensive stories on trends, personalities, new developments in viticulture, grape varieties and wines. The authors include MWs, renowned wine publicists, freelance writers and tasters of the respective countries.
- Access is free of charge.
- american wine magazine
- 6 issues per year
- Wikipedia says: "The Wine Advocate (abbreviated TWA or also WA) is a magazine initiated by wine critic Robert Parker in 1978 and still published. From the beginning, the [...] advertising-free journal has only been available by subscription. By being free of advertising, Parker guarantees its independence. About 7,500 different wines are tasted each year."
- american wine magazine
- 13 issues per year
- The wein.plus Lexicon says: "In addition to wine and spirits, the lifestyle magazine's topics include food, travel and entertainment. The magazine reaches nearly 700,000 readers. [...] Various wine events are organised for consumers and retailers, as well as wine reviews. Awards are given to wines and producers at the annual 'Wine Star Awards Dinner'."
- australian wine magazine
- 7 issues per year
- The magazine is published every two months and focuses on wines from Down-Under. As well as descriptions of wine regions and restaurants, there are a large number of tasting notes in each issue.
- american wine magazine
- 15 issues per year
- The wein.plus Lexicon says: "The US magazine (Wine Spectator) was founded in 1976 [...] and [...] is considered, alongside Robert Parker's 'Wine Advocate', to be the world's most influential wine publication [...]. The articles on all the wine-growing regions of the world with their wines are provided by the most renowned wine journalists on the spot, regular contributors were for example Hugh Johnson, John Platter, Cyril Ray and Jancis Robinson."
French-language wine magazines
- french wine magazine
- 12 issues per year
- The magazine focuses on wines from France and also includes many tasting notes.