News and Subscription eMags

• Wine Newsites -
  • WineUpdate.com - ceased publication in Feb '02, but now maintained and updated by Berry Bros & Rudd
  • winebusiness.com - wine business info
  • Wines & Vines - wine and grape industry news
• Wine Mags online - popular commercial wine mags in electronic format - most subscription-based, although they will give you a little taste of what's inside
  • Wine Spectator - now subscription-based semi-monthly mag
  • eRobert Parker - a subscription-only site containing Wine Advocate tasting notes back through '92
  • Wine & Cuisine magazine - a look at foods and wines of the South and Southwest
  • Wine X Magazine - today's youth will be served - albeit somewhat spoon-fed
  • Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine - a subscription-based monthly, with lots of info
  • Wine Enthusiast - nice non-subscription monthly with articles and profiles
  • Quarterly Review of Wines - often fascinating articles - sort of a Wine & Spirits meets Wine News
• Wine Mag-e-zines - subscription-based individual magazines & newsletters
  • Burghound - subscription-based quarterly report on Burgs, by Allen Meadows
  • Pinot Report - Greg Walter's report on western Pinot Noir

• Wine blogs
• Vinography - Alder Yarrow's award-winning blog about food and wine
• Fermentation - Tom Wark's daily wine blog; with an inside view of things
• Cellar Tastings - worldwide food, wine, and travel events
• Wine Podcasts & Video blogs
• Grape Radio - the seminal podcasts and video podcasts from the GrapeRadio bunch
• Wine Library TV - virtual wine tasting with the irrepressible Gary Vaynerchuk
• Wine Home Pages & personal sites
• Wine on the Web - lots of info here, with plenty of articles and a nice audio track
• Prince of Pinot - a site dedicated to Pinot Noir, with winery and winemaker profiles, new releases and reviews, and insider's information for acquiring artisanal wines.
• Professional Friends of Wine - well organized trove of both educational and gen'l reference info
• The Wine Lover's Page - excellent articles, essays, glossaries, TNs, and links
• Tom Cannavan's Wine Pages - from the UK; probably the most comprehensive and informative of personal sites. Essays, quizes, etc.
• Burgundy Report - Bill Nanson's quarterly report on Burgs
• Nanson.ch - fascinating site by Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report). Thorough and very interesting, with lots of tasting notes
• Bordeaux Central - some one-stop shopping for stats, info, and dialog on Bordeaux
• TheWinedoctor - amazing resource w/European focus on tasting notes, and articles - by Chris Kissack
• Dr. Vino - wine recommendations, informative wine political commentary
• Gang of Pour - excellent content, and lots of good reads
• Mark Squires - tasting notes, articles, photos
• Vinklubben Ansvar - wonder what they're drinking in Volvo-land?
• Wine Label Collections
  • 200 Years of Wines - an exhaustive and fascinating worldwide collection
  • Wine Label Gallery - very interesting collection by Mike Kellstrand
  • Unusual Wine Labels - very nice collection by Peter May
  • WineLabelsWorld - amazing collection from a Belgian collector
  • Australian Wine Labels - nice collection from Tony Palfrey
  • Manfred Becker's Wine Label Gallery - an amazing international collection
  • Stratsplace - quite a large collection, catalogued by producer
  • My own collection - a shameless plug
• Wine Discussion Groups
  • West Coast Wine Discussion Group - Brad Harrington
  • Mark Squires Wine BB - on the eRobertParker site
  • VinoCellar - Brad Molzen
  • Wine Lover's Discussion Group - Robin Garr

Wine Touring, Winery Links, Vintner Assns, and Gen'l Info

• America
  • Appellation America - read about what makes America's distinct winegrowing regions
• California Wine Regions - winery travel and visiting info
  • Wine Country Getaways - excellent starting point for those wishing to tour Northern California's wine country
  • SteveO's Guide - winery locations and more
  • California Wine Tours - interesting site with lots of info on Calif AVAs, along with suggestions ranging from cellar racking to cheeses
  • Winecountry.com - vast number of links to info on Calif wineries, accomodations, activities, etc
  • Wine Touring in California - virtual tours and real tour suggestions from iNet.com
  • Napa Weather - the weather, what else
  • North Coast & Sierras
    • Mendocino County
    • Anderson Valley
    • Amador County
    • El Dorado County
    • Calaveras County
  • Napa / Sonoma
    • Winery Sites - some sample itineraries
    • Napa Valley Vintner's Assn
    • Napa Valley.Com
    • Napa Grape Growers Assn
    • Rutherford Dust Society
    • Silverado Trail
    • Stags Leap District Winegrowers
    • Dry Creek Valley Winegrowers
    • Russian River
    • Sonoma.com
  • Central Coast
    • Winery Sites - some sample itineraries
    • Santa Cruz
    • Monterey
    • Edna Valley/San Luis Obispo Vintner's Assn
    • Paso Robles Vintner's Assn - fabulous wealth of info
    • Santa Barbara / Santa Ynez - ceased publication in 2005, but many interesting pieces
    • S.B.Co.Vintner's Assn
  • Southern Calif
    • Temecula Vintner's Assn
    • San Diego County Vintner's Assn
• Other Wine Areas
  • Northwest
    • Wine Press NW - many links to wineries and Assns
    • Wines Northwest - links to OR, WA and others
    • Northwest Wine Coalition - links to area associations
    • OregonWine.org - info and winery links
      • OregonWines.com - directory of wineries and information
      • Oregon Pinot Club - touring info
    • Washington Wines - Washington wine commission
      • Columbia Valley Assn - map and winery links
      • WallaWalla.com - winery info
      • Walla Walla - links to wineries
      • Yakima Valley - YV Wine Assn
  • Virginia
    • VirginiaWineGuide.com - yes, Virginia, they are wineries on the East Coast
    • VirginiaWines.org - lots of info on Virginia wine country
  • Europe and Worldwide
    • Touring Oz - Search for suggestions and tips on touring Australia wineries
    • World Winery Index - Travel Envoy's wine guide
    • Terroir de France - interesting, with lots of background information on French wines
    • Bordeaux Wine Tours - how about a chauffeur-driven tour?
    • Burgundy tours - 1-day, 4-day, 6-day, custom
    • WineryStay - tours & places to stay in Germany and Austria
    • Cellar Tours - wine tours of Spain & Portugal
    • Vintage Spain - wine tours on Spain
    • Liz Caskey, Inc - Deluxe Culinary and Wine Tours in Chile and Argentina
  • California Wine Touring
    • Wine School of Philadelphia - Wine Courses and Tastings at the Wine School
  • Wine Info - FAQs
    • Exploring Wine - very nice, easy to peruse site with lots of info
    • Tasters Guild New York - an interesting site, well organized, and with lots of info
    • Into Wine - very comprehensive
    • CellarNotes.net - just barrels-full of wine references, facts, stats, glossary, etc
    • The Wine FAQ - Brad & Dri's internet guide - a nice encyclopedia of when, what & how
    • Wine Pairing Tool - a quick guide to wine/food pairing, from Rachael Ray's magazine

Wine Industry & Trade Assns

• Wine Market Council - a marketing assn of growers, producers, importers, etc
• The Wine Institute - San Francisco - you want statistics...they've got statistics
• Family Winemakers of California - the name says it
• The Meritage Assn - dedicated to Bordeaux blends
• Consorzio Cal-Italia - dedicated to CA producers of Italian varietals
• California Assn of Winegrape Growers - advocacy group for winegrowers
• Vineyard and Winery Management - the on-line publication of the magazine
• American Vintners Assn - a National advocacy group
• AVA's - approved list from the BATF
  • AVA - proposed rulemakings
  • AVA - geographic description
• ZAP - Zinfandel Advocates and Producers

Wine Shopping

• Find that Wine - web & internet resources for wines
  • WineCommune.com - the major auction source for buying & selling wine
  • Berry Bros. & Rudd - international selections from Britain's oldest wine merchant
  • WineReader.com - a directory for wine resources and wine books
  • Wine Release - a list of wineries with their release dates
  • WineAccess - shopping cart, commentary, reviews
  • Wine-Searcher - returns a list of retailers currently stocking a given wine
• Custom Wine labeling -
  • Stoney Creek Wine Press - custom labels and wines
  • Personalized wines - custom labels and wines
• Wine Stores - Local - Orange County, CA area
  • Wine Exchange - Orange
  • Wine Gallery - Corona del Mar
  • Wine Pavilion - Lake Forest
  • Wine Club - Santa Ana
  • Hi-Time Cellars - Costa Mesa
• Wine Stores - Non-Local - other CA favorites
  • Wine Cask - Santa Barbara
  • 2020 Wines - West Los Angeles
  • Wally's Wine - West Los Angeles
  • Wine House - West Los Angeles
  • L.A. Wine Co. - Marina del Rey 
• Wine Accessories
  • Pacifica Tile Art - wine label tile murals for your wall
  • The Wine Enthusiast - catalog items
  • Hey, nice Stems! - Riedel vin beakers
  • Le Cache - fine wine storage cabinets
  • Vinotemp - another wine storage mfg.
  • Vigilant wine cellars - wine racking and cellars
• Wine Software
  • winetech.com - Robert Parker's Wine Advisor & Cellar Mgmt software
• Wine Foods
  • Cheese.com - everything you wanted to know about cheese, Gromit
• Wine Miscellanea
  • Closures
    • Wine Corks - the whole story
    • CorkMasters.com - more fact and figs
    • Stelvin Caps - the anti-cork
    • Synthetic - pesky plastics
  • Barrels
    • Oak Barrels - a little history
    • WineOak.com - catalogs and descriptions
    • Francois Freres - French oak cooperage
    • Demptos - a Napa French Oak producer
  • Bottles
    • Sizes/Shapes - you want some options?
    • Shapes - what and why
    • A Guide - internet wine guide.com

Major Wine Link Sites

• Wine Link Pages - links-to-links-to-links, as it were
  • Wine, Beers & Spirits of the Net - by Dean Tudor
  • Vine2Wine.com - by Peter Slupski
• Wine Search Engines
  • GrapeSeek - the grape and wine search engine
  • Winesearch-online - gen'l info and refs

Other Links

• Reyn Spooner - how about a nice Hawaiian shirt? Reyn Spooner makes some nice ones, including an annual Christmas shirt. So, here's a link to my own page of Reyn Spooner Christmas shirts patterns. Funny thing, Reyn Spooner themselves has never had such a thing. Go figure.