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The internet is awash with sites related to wine, and a good number of them are excellent. This is not a comprehensive list of such sites; the assembling of such a list would be a monumental task, and fraught with difficulties of judgement.
Rather, this is a short set of pointers to sites we have found ourselves turning to fairly often as we plowed through making this one. We think each is of value and interest, and hope you also find them so. (The lists are in no special order.)
CellarTracker
“The world’s largest collection of wine reviews, tasting notes and personal stories from people who love wine.”
You can read the reviews for free. You can also join and be able to leave reviews and even use their cellar-management tools; joining is free, but they request a contribution (fair enough if you use their software tools.)
Wine Searcher
“Find and price wines, beers and spirits across all online stores.”
While you can access it for free, to see all retail offers and other extras (such as reviews from Jancis Robinson) there is an annual fee, currently $65 US. That’s $1.25 a week, and we heartily recommend it if you have any real interest in wine.
1000 Corks
“Buy and search wine, beer, and spirits. Get the best price everytime.”
Listings of retail offers for wines (and other alcoholic beverages). No fee. Not as diverse a site as Wine Searcher, but their listings, while naturally they overlap, are not identical, so it’s worth checking both.
ThirtyFifty
“The pronunciation guide below is for grapes and regions of the world, enjoy.”
As it says: a pronunciation guide for many wines and wine regions; quite helpful.
Regional wine websites
“A collection of the web’s most useful sites about specific wine regions”
A “portal page” on Jancis Robinson’s web site.
Do Bianchi
“A humanist perspective into the world of Italian wine and food.”
The site includes an Italian-English wine glossary and the Italian Grape Name and Appellation Pronunciation Project, whereby you can hear selected Italian wine names properly pronounced.
The Century Club
“The club for adventurous wine drinkers who’ve tried 100 grape varieties or more.”
Membership is free (and on the honor system)—and you get a frameable certificate!
Free the Grapes!
An organization dedicated to the stupendously frustrating task of trying to get state legislatots around the country to put some small grain of sanity into their wine-purchasing laws.
The Vitis International Variety Catalogue
A huge searchable database of grape varieties, with more information than you could ever use.
Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri awards for 2021
“Three Glasses”, a supposedly prestigious rating of Italian wines.
Jancis Robinson
The site of arguably the world’s most important wine critic. Some parts are free, some (the “Purple Pages”) require a fee-based sign-up.
Ian D’Agata
The web site of arguably the world’s greatest expert on Italian grapes and wines and strong advocate for native grape varieties.
The Wine Anorak
Jamie Goode’s site; we found it showing up a lot when filtering down wine comments to the more useful ones. (In the U.K., “anorak”—actually a hooded parka—signifies about the same as “geek” in the U.S.)
Wine Review on Line
The work of eleven writers, each highly creditable.
Cheap Wine Ratings
The site name says it all: wines, almost all under $20, reviewed.
The Prince of Pinot
A long-running series of expert reviews of Burgundy-style wines (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay). Quite useful.
The Monnow Voice articles
The proprietor of a boutique wine shop in England wrote a most excellent series of wine-related essays for a local newspaper; highly recommended. [archived]
Fringe Wine
“A [now-ended] blog devoted to exploring wines made from unusual grape varieties and/or grown in unfamiliar regions all over the world.” Always interesting.
Odd Bacchus
“Dedicated to drinking the unusual and the obscure.” More toward the obscure than the unusual, but fascinating.
"The Tangled Economics Of American Wine"
An edited excerpt from American Wine Economics by James Thornton; a truly fascinating read on “irrational” (in economic terms) wine consumers.
“Never Listen to a Wine Critic Babble About Tannins Again”
An important article on wine reviews from Smithsonian online magazine.
What’s in a Number?
“Why We Should Ignore Wine Scores”. A good essay.
The Great Wine-Bargain Hunt
The particulars are dated, but it’s a good guide to where the bargains are.
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