Winewise Philosophy

Winewise is a wine buying guide for consumers – it’s about the consumer’s hard earned dollar and how to spend it wisely. 

We seek to guide consumers to the best wines and the best value wines, without regard to labels, reputations or vested interests

"After a controversial beginning, Winewise has claimed the confidence and respect of winemakers, critics and an increasing number of regular subscribers. Like the consumer magazines Which? in England and Choice in Australia, Winewise has raised the level of public awareness and discernment by the breadth, depth and balance of its systematic reviews" Landmarks of Australian Gastromony: Pont, Santich and Wilkins, University of NSW,1988 @ p36

Winewise Magazine was founded in 1985. Each year we review more than 2,500 wines in six issues (at least 32 pages per issue) covering all the major varietal styles at least twice. We report on the world's best winemakers and viticultural regions, and our editorials tackle some of the major issues in the world of wine.

In addition, we provide a comprehensive coverage of the best of Australia's small wineries by conducting the annual Winewise Small Vigneron Awards.

Unlike other magazines, we publish reviews of all wines tasted by the panel and we don't restrict our tastings only to wines submitted by wine companies. We also purchase wines for tasting from retail outlets in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Apart from our own ad for the Winewise Half-Dozen, Winewise carries no advertising, and reviews of all wines tasted are published under the categories 'Outstanding', 'Highly Recommended', 'Recommended', 'Agreeable', 'Acceptable', and 'Unacceptable'.

Winewise is the only consumer wine magazine providing such a comprehensive coverage of Australian and imported wines.

Check out how Winewise evolved by clicking on the History button.