- Wine & Spirit
Infobox Magazine
title = Wine & Spirit
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publisher = William Reed Business Media Ltd
category = Wine magazines
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frequency = Monthly
language = English
editor = David Williams
editor_title =Editor
founded =
firstdate = February 2006
country =United Kingdom
website = [http://www.wine-spirit.com www.wine-spirit.com]
issn ="Wine & Spirit" is a British monthly
magazine onwine , spirits,beer s andcocktail s, directed at both consumers and the drinks industry. The magazine also organises the annual "International Wine Challenge " and "International Spirits Challenge ", and publishes the annual results book, the "World's Best Wines Guide"."Wine & Spirit" is viewed as a competitor of "Decanter", described by
Jancis Robinson as "Britain's second consumer wine magazine", though livelier.Cite web|last= Robinson |first= Jancis, jancisrobinson.com | url= http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/directorypubs |title= publications and websites]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.Cite web|last= William Reed Business Media Ltd |title= Wine & Spirit |url=http://www.william-reed.co.uk/view_product.aspx?productid=222&categoryid=2&categoryname=Drinks+%26amp%3b+Hospitality] 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 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.Cite web|last= Robinson |first= Jancis, jancisrobinson.com | url= http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/winenews051209_2 |title=A new wine magazine for Britain, and one less in German |date= December 9, 2005 ] Cite web|last= "Harpers" |title= Wine Int, Wine & Spirit Int and DI all move to William Reed |url= http://www.harpers.co.uk/news/2408/Wine-Int-Wine--Spirit-Int-and-.ehtml |date= September 16, 2005]References
External links
* [http://www.wine-spirit.com Wine & Spirit official site]
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