''Wine & Spirit'' was a British monthly
magazine
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on
wine,
spirits,
beers and
cocktail
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s, directed at both consumers and the drinks industry. The magazine also organized the annual "
International Wine Challenge" and "
International Spirits Challenge", and published the annual results book, the ''World's Best Wines Guide''.
''Wine & Spirit'' was viewed as a competitor of ''
Decanter'', described by
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, ComMA, MW (born 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and wine writer. She currently writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times'', and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com, updated daily. She ...
as "Britain's second consumer wine magazine", though livelier.
History
The magazine was a consumer-only oriented magazine founded as ''What Wine?'' in 1983 by
Robert Joseph and Charles Metcalfe and published by
Wilmington plc.
It was later renamed ''Wine Magazine'', then ''Wine International'', before it was sold with its sister trade-only publication ''Wine & Spirit'' (a 150-year-old trade publication where
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, ComMA, MW (born 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and wine writer. She currently writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times'', and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com, updated daily. She ...
began her wine writing career as editor immediately after university) to William Reed Publishing in December 2005.
[ The two magazines were combined into one, ''Wine & Spirit International'', in February 2006.]
See also
* List of food and drink magazines
References
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Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 2006
Wine magazines
Business magazines published in the United Kingdom