The Quarterly Review of Wines | 2009/10 Editorial Calendar

Note: In nearly every issue, QRW covers major wine stories in California, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Portugal, along with detailed tasting notes. QRW is the only wine magazine that does not rate wines numerically. We do not believe that wine can be rated with numerical specificity. Please further note: editorial is subject to change without notice.

If Autumn comes, can Bordeaux and Burgundy, be far behind? How well have the 2005 Bordeaux progresses after two years in bottle? We find out as 25 of three major Growths are blind tasted. How are the 2006 “futures” doing? We have a feature on them as well with a Blind Tasting of the Major Growths by David Peppercorn, Master of Wine. A major tasting of Great Red and White Burgundies appears, as Clive Coates, Master of Wines, offers his annual overview. In short, the Best Bordeaux and Burgundy are evaluated.

Nor do we ignore the wines of New Zealand and Australia, with profiles (yet to be named) of winemakers and wineries making the most buzz. Our regular Wining and Dining column by the well known duo, Edward and Mireille Guiliano (who have been writing for QRW for 20 years), will take readers to notable culinary spots, detailing what’s hot and what’s not. Thirty articles appear, with abundant wine notes, along with our Annual Best Buys. 200,000 copies.

Bonus Circulation: Along with our regular distribution at fine hotels mentioned above, QRW will circulate abundant copies at the 18th Annual Boston Harbor Hotel Wine Festival, The Sonoma Harvest event, the Washington, D.C, Wine Expo, Public Television Wine Auctions, The Providence Festival of The Vine, among others. 30 articles; 210,000 copies.

The Winter issue is our biggest and one of our most popular. We will produce 200,000 copies for this quarterly issue. This Annual Holiday issue features our 20th Best Sparkling Wine feature, along with our annual Port, Malt Scotch, and Cognac blind tastings.

There are major pieces on the Best Inexpensive Bordeaux, and the Best California Wine Values (wines $12 and under), along with BV Wines by Richard Elia, and our first California Petite Sirah blind tasting.

Our Washington state feature is a Vintage Retrospective of the Wines of Col Solare (the Antinori-Chateau Ste Michelle venture).

Blind tastings for Cognac and Malt Whisky, as well as Best Wine Buys of the Year by QRW Staff

Other regular editorial: All Things Grape; Wine Scene; QRW Contributors Best Wine Experiences of 2009; French Country Wines; Italian Tuscan and Piedmont editorial; Languedoc: Chateau Serame, Rosemary George, M.W.; Tenuta di Biserno: Lodovico Antinori’s new properety in Bolgheri, Tom Hyland; CigarTalk; Dernier Cri; Chocolate Tasting; and Wining and Dining in Venice with Mireille and Edward Guiliano.

Thirty articles.

Bonus Circulation: Name the major wine event/expo and the QRW’s promotional team is there. Advertisers will also get free placement our on web site at QRW.com which receives more than 500,000 hits per quarter.

Spring 2010

Each Spring issue our editorial team assembles its blind tasting teams to taste eight major California varietals and to begin our 26th Annual Blind Tasting of California’s Best of The Best. The tastings are by invitation with only the Best wineries producing sparkling wines, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Red Blends/Meritage.

Other regular articles: All Things Grape (wine industry news), Wine Scene (the wine expo events), Cigar Talk, Dernier Cri, Dark and Milk Chocolate Tasting, and Australia and California winery profiles.

Bonus Circulation: Promotionals at major wine shows and expos, with exposure at major hotels, like the Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Relais and Chateaux properties, Preferred Hotels and Resorts, Mohegan Sun, and more than 100 smaller, independent hotels across the United States.

After the Winter Holiday issue, Summer is surely one of the most popular issues. The reason is California. Here, we publish our 25th Annual Best of The Best in California, The Red Wine Issue, continuing the editorial we started in the previous issue. These tastings focus on the great California reds: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Meritage/Red Blends. The tastings are all blind, and by invitation only. It takes QRW tasters six months to complete, tasting more than 975 wines.

In addition, we have many major California writers offering profiles of winemakers, and:

Most of our frequent contributing writers appear in this issue: Clive Coates M.W., Rosemary George, M.W., Eleanor and Ray Heald, Richard Paul Hinkle, Gerald Boyd, Larry Walker, Edward and Mireille Guiliano, and Randy Sheahan. Thirty stories. 220,000 copies printed.

Bonus Circulation: In addition to our upscale hotel placements mentioned above, QRW will be available at the Naples, Napa, and Sonoma wine auctions, the Monterey Wine Festival, Santa Fe Wine and Chili event, the Hawaiian Wine Symposium, Washington DC Wine Festival, New York State Wine Show, and seven other major wine festivals, distributing more than 20,000 extra copies.

QRW’s Editorial Calendar

Autumn 2009

Winter 2009/2010: Holiday Issue

Spring 2010

Summer 2010