The World of Fine Wine
Encyclopedia
The World of Fine Wine, abbreviated WFW, is a British
quarterly publication for wine
enthusiasts and collectors. Published by Quarto Magazines Ltd, the first issue was released in June 2004. It has been described as "an up-market Decanter
, with longer, more in-depth features, more credible tastings and less advertising". Hugh Johnson
describes The World of Fine Wine as "not a consumer magazine, but the first cultural journal of the wine world".
The World of Fine Wine won the 2009 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Magazine in the World. and in September 2010 the journal won the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Publication of the Year.
as contributing editor, David Williams
as deputy editor, and Hugh Johnson as editorial advisor.
Among the content contributors are Michael Broadbent
MW
, Jancis Robinson
MW, David Peppercorn
MW, Serena Sutcliffe
MW, Clive Coates
MW, Nicolas Belfrage
MW, Jasper Morris
MW, James Halliday, Tim Atkin
MW, Tom Stevenson
, Michel Bettane
, Franco Ziliani
, Ann C. Noble
, Oz Clarke
, Tom Cannavan
, Jamie Goode
, Anthony Rose
, Mike Steinberger, Allen Meadows
, David Schildknecht
, Francois Mauss, Peter Liem
, Roger Scruton
, Anthony Hanson
MW, and Jeannie Cho Lee
MW.
In September 2010 The World of Fine Wine launched a weekly online blog
updated every Friday, to be written by regular contributors Andrew Jefford, Peter Liem, Margaret Rand, and Bruce Schoenfeld, as well as other guest contributors.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
quarterly publication for wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
enthusiasts and collectors. Published by Quarto Magazines Ltd, the first issue was released in June 2004. It has been described as "an up-market Decanter
Decanter (magazine)
Decanter is an up market magazine on wine and spirits, published in over 90 countries on a monthly basis. The magazine content includes news from the industry, vintage guides and wine recommendations. Decanter organizes the annual Decanter World Wine Awards.-Wine Ratings:Decanter employs a 1 to 5...
, with longer, more in-depth features, more credible tastings and less advertising". Hugh Johnson
Hugh Johnson (wine writer)
Hugh Johnson OBE is a British author and expert on wine. He is considered the world's best-selling wine writer.-Career:Johnson became a member of the Cambridge University Wine and Food Society while an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge in the 1950s, while reading English...
describes The World of Fine Wine as "not a consumer magazine, but the first cultural journal of the wine world".
The World of Fine Wine won the 2009 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Magazine in the World. and in September 2010 the journal won the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Publication of the Year.
Contributors
The editorial team consists of Neil Beckett as editor with Andrew JeffordAndrew Jefford
Andrew Jefford is an English journalist, radio presenter, poet, magazine editor, and as a wine writer, the author of various books and columns.-Education:...
as contributing editor, David Williams
David Williams
-Musicians:* David Williams , Aboriginal musician and artist* David Williams , Welsh bassist* David Williams , Welsh guitarist and bassist in Son of Dork...
as deputy editor, and Hugh Johnson as editorial advisor.
Among the content contributors are Michael Broadbent
Michael Broadbent
John Michael Broadbent MW is a British wine critic, writer and auctioneer in a capacity as a Master of Wine...
MW
Master of Wine
Master of Wine is a qualification issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom...
, Jancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com...
MW, David Peppercorn
David Peppercorn
David Peppercorn is a British Master of Wine, French wine importer and author, known for his books about the wines of Bordeaux and long experience in his field, having collected tasting notes since the late 1950s. He is married to fellow MW and wine writer Serena Sutcliffe. They were the first...
MW, Serena Sutcliffe
Serena Sutcliffe
Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine, is the head of Sotheby's international wine department, as well as a prominent writer on wine. She is married to fellow Master of Wine, David Peppercorn...
MW, Clive Coates
Clive Coates
Clive Coates is a British wine writer and Master of Wine, best known for his books about the wines of Burgundy.-Biography:Born in 1941, Clive Coates worked for The Wine Society in Stevenage in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1975 he founded the award-winning magazine The Vine, a monthly fine...
MW, Nicolas Belfrage
Nicolas Belfrage
Nicolas Belfrage is a British Master of Wine, a wine writer and considered an expert on Italian wine.-Career:Belfrage was born in Los Angeles in 1940, the son of British/American socialist writer Cedric Belfrage and his wife Molly Castle...
MW, Jasper Morris
Jasper Morris
Jasper Morris is a British Master of Wine since 1985, An expert on the wine of Burgundy, California and New Zealand, Jasper writes for several wine publications such as The World of Fine Wine, and holds lectures around the world....
MW, James Halliday, Tim Atkin
Tim Atkin
Tim Atkin is a British Master of Wine, and wine correspondent of several publications.-Career:Atkin has published columns in The Observer, Observer Food Monthly, Off Licence News, Woman and Home, The World of Fine Wine, The Economist. Between 2000 and 2003 Atkin was editor of Harpers Wine and...
MW, Tom Stevenson
Tom Stevenson
Tom Stevenson is a British author who has been writing about wine for more than 30 years. Described by his colleagues as one of today’s most prolific wine authors, Stevenson is regarded as the world’s leading authority on Champagne...
, Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane is a leading French wine critic, fortwenty years a writer for the French consumer wine publication La Revue du vin de France until 2004....
, Franco Ziliani
Franco Ziliani
Franco Ziliani is an Italian journalist and wine critic, with a specialty in Italian wines since 1985. He has contributed to several periodicals including Decanter, A Tavola, Barolo & Co. and Merum, Il Corriere Vinicolo, De Vinis, The World of Fine Wine, as well as a column for Harpers Magazine...
, Ann C. Noble
Ann C. Noble
Ann C. Noble is a sensory chemist and retired professor from the University of California, Davis. During her time at the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology, Noble invented the "Aroma Wheel" which is credited with enhancing the public understanding of wine tasting and terminology...
, Oz Clarke
Oz Clarke
Robert "Oz" Clarke is a British wine writer, television presenter and broadcaster.-Biography:Clarke’s parents were a chest physician and a nursing sister. He was brought up near Canterbury with a brother and a sister. Clarke became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and subsequently won a choral...
, Tom Cannavan
Tom Cannavan
Tom Cannavan is a Scottish author and a wine journalist. He is considered a pioneer presence on internet of the British wine writing establishment.-Biography:...
, Jamie Goode
Jamie Goode
Jamie Goode is a British author with a PhD in plant biology, and a wine columnist of The Sunday Express. Goode also contributes to wine publications such as Harpers, The World of Fine Wine, Decanter, GrapesTALK and Sommelier Journal....
, Anthony Rose
Anthony Rose
Anthony Rose is a British wine journalist known for his column in The Independent. He also contributes to publications such as Wine & Spirit, Decanter and The World of Fine Wine...
, Mike Steinberger, Allen Meadows
Allen Meadows
Allen Meadows is an American wine critic and publisher of the Burghound.com quarterly newsletter and website. A financial executive and private wine collector until a profile published in Wine Spectator in 1997 led him to decide to follow his passion for wine...
, David Schildknecht
David Schildknecht
David Schildknecht is an American wine critic, a full time member of The Wine Advocate tasting team since 2006, and contributor to recent editions of Robert Parker's Wine Buyer’s Guide. An authority on the wine of Germany and Austria, he also considers the Loire Valley a specialty, a wine region he...
, Francois Mauss, Peter Liem
Peter Liem
Peter Liem is an American wine critic, a senior correspondent for Wine & Spirits, and since 2009 the author and publisher of the online subscription guide to wines and producers of Champagne, ChampagneGuide.net...
, Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton
Roger Vernon Scruton is a conservative English philosopher and writer. He is the author of over 30 books, including Art and Imagination , Sexual Desire , The Aesthetics of Music , and A Political Philosophy: Arguments For Conservatism...
, Anthony Hanson
Anthony Hanson
Anthony Hanson is a British Master of Wine and a senior consultant to Christie's International Wine Department, as well as an expert on Burgundy, an international wine judge and author. His book Burgundy was first published in 1982, and since reissued in 2003...
MW, and Jeannie Cho Lee
Jeannie Cho Lee
Jeannie Cho Lee, is a Hong Kong-based, South Korean wine critic, author, journalist, consultant, wine educator and Master of Wine, the first ethnic Asian to achieve this accreditation.-Biography:...
MW.
In September 2010 The World of Fine Wine launched a weekly online blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
updated every Friday, to be written by regular contributors Andrew Jefford, Peter Liem, Margaret Rand, and Bruce Schoenfeld, as well as other guest contributors.