How to Submit Wines for Review To Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator reviews more than 16,000 wines each year. All new releases are reviewed in blind tastings in flights with their peers. (For more information, please refer to About Our Tastings.)
If you produce or represent a wine you would like Wine Spectator to review, please contact the appropriate office for detailed information. Contacting us before you send samples will save effort and expense for all concerned.
For more general inquiries, here are answers to frequently asked questions about Wine Spectator’s tasting process. Wineries looking to enter US market or expand distribution in USA, Beverage Trade Network strongly recommends submitting your wines for review to Wine Spectator.
How do I know which office to contact?
Wines from California, Washington, Oregon, Australia and New Zealand are reviewed in our Napa office. You can reach the tasting coordinators at napatastings@mshanken.com or (707) 299-3999.
All other wines, including wines from France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Portugal and Greece, are reviewed in the New York office. You can reach the coordinators at nytasting@mshanken.com or (212) 684-4224.
If samples are sent to an office in error, they will not be reviewed there and we cannot forward these samples to the correct office. Prior to sending samples to any office you should contact a tasting department staff member from the correct office for more information. Please do not send unsolicited samples.
How do I submit a wine?
Each submission consists of two bottles of wine and a completed Sample Information Form. Please contact the appropriate office to receive the form that corresponds to your wine type/region.
All samples must have U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)-approved front and back labels on them. We will not accept wines with unfinished labels.
We require—in writing—the suggested retail bottle price and the number of cases produced (and, for wines produced outside the United States, the number of cases imported). This information is printed with each review.
Other information we request if pertinent:
The official release date for the wine if the sample submission is in advance of the wine’s release
The grape varieties used in a blend, if not listed on the label
The percentage of residual sugar, if any, in the wine
We cannot return bottles submitted as tasting samples.
Read more Wine Submission FAQs. Please visit Wine Spectator's website for full information.
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