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Reviews are made public either in Wine Spectator magazine's Buying Guide, the weekly Insider online newsletter, another feature on our website or in our online Wine Ratings Search. These are not always simultaneous, however, so some reviews appear in one venue before the other.
The most efficient way to find out whether a wine has been reviewed is to search our website's Wine Ratings database (scores and tasting notes are available to members only). However, reviews may only appear in a database search a few weeks after publication, so checking each issue of the magazine is recommended for complete and timely results.
We do not publish reviews of all wines that are submitted to us for tasting; the volume of wines makes this impossible. We cannot respond to questions about if or when specific wines will be reviewed.
Our Wine Spectator Advance newsletter provides online members and retailers a look at selected ratings from the upcoming issue of the magazine; we have timed the posting and e-mailing notification for the Advance so that our consumer customers should be receiving it at about the same time as retailers. Our online members also receive advance notice of ratings from other sources, including the Wine Spectator Insider weekly newsletter and the Tasting Highlights—selections of notable wines from our editors' latest tastings that are featured on our homepage between one and three times a week.
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A wine described as "Drink Now" is one that we believe will not improve with further aging. It may stay at its current quality for some time—six months to a year, or even longer—but we do not expect it to ever be better than it is now.
The price information included in our Wine Ratings Search database and many of our articles shows the U.S. prices of wines at the time they were released for sale, not their current prices. However, we do track many wines that are commonly sold at auction, and for those collectibles, you can find the current auction price. That appears in the Auction Price Database or can be found through the Wine Ratings Search by clicking on the name of a wine from the search results page. This will give you a page with even more detailed information, including the Auction Price and, under the Auction Data tab below the tasting note, a summary of recent auction price history.
Auction prices reported by the magazine and the website always include the buyer's premium.
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All ratings from the magazine Buying Guide are added to our online Wine Ratings Search database. Online members get sneak peeks at some ratings before the notes appear in the magazine, in our Tasting Highlights and in our weekly Insider newsletter. Those ratings do not immediately appear in our online database, but they are added to the wine ratings database on a rolling schedule.
Wine Spectator School is now a member benefit at WineSpectator.com. As a member, you can enroll in any or all of the online courses we offer, from the ABCs of Tasting to in-depth seminars on Food Pairing, California Cabernet, Bordeaux, Tuscany, Sensory Evaluation and more. Browse the course catalog here. We also offer courses for professional sales and service; companies can take advantage of group discounts and student tracking.
To access your course, you will need to log in to WineSpectator.com and then click on the Learn Wine tab in the navigation bar. Here's how to figure out your login:
If you were enrolled in a course but were not a member of WineSpectator.com on July 4, 2010, use your email and your school password. Your course access has been converted into a WineSpectator.com membership through February 1, 2011.
If you were already a member of WineSpectator.com before July 4, 2010, and enrolled in a course, use your email and member password (not your school password).
If you joined WineSpectator.com after July 4, 2010, use your email and member password.
Read more FAQs for Wine Spectator School students here.
One of the benefits of taking a course online is flexible scheduling. That means your course is ready to begin whenever you are. And you can access your course at any time of day or night, wherever you are as long as your WineSpectator.com membership is current and you have internet access. For more information, read more FAQs for Wine Spectator School students here.
Each course is composed of one to 10 online classes. Most classes include an Introduction, Class Modules and tutored Tasting as well as a Review. Most classes, along with their Worksheets, can be completed in 60-90 minutes. Classes should be completed sequentially.
A Quiz concludes each class and a Final Exam evaluates knowledge gained throughout each course. Students achieving a score of 80 percent or above on their Final Exam will receive a printable Wine Spectator School certificate suitable for framing.
Courses can be completed without tasting and contain all the information required to know wine from an intellectual perspective. Nevertheless, appreciating wine is a sensual experience and completing the tastings will greatly increase your understanding of wine.
There are many options regarding when and where to taste:
• Most students share their tasting homework with friends. To hold your own wine tasting party, all you need to do is buy the wines, have glasses on hand, print out a copy of the tutored tasting and one copy of the tasting journal page for each participant.
• Some students work through the tasting while they're online
• A few take the tutored tasting and tasting journal pages to a local restaurant or bar where they can purchase the wines by the glass
Part of learning about wine is learning how to purchase wine. At Wine Spectator School, students purchase their own wines. To see which wines are required for each course, read the Wine List in the Course Catalog. You can print out the list and take it to your local wine merchant. Because most wines are not widely available, the Wine List recommends styles of wine—in various price ranges to suit your budget—rather than specific brands. This means that your local merchant should be able to recommend a wine from their own stock that will satisfy the tasting goals.
Read more FAQs for Wine Spectator School students here.
Wine Spectator editors are not permitted to accept gifts of transportation, lodging or meals. We pay for all expenses connected to any event or property we decide to cover.
If you have information you think will interest our editors, please send it via mail to Wine Spectator's editorial department in our New York office at 387 Park Ave. South, 8th floor, New York, NY 10016. Or e-mail winespec@mshanken.com.
Entries for our Restaurant Awards program are accepted only in the first month of each year. For exact dates, entry guidelines and entry forms, please visit the Enter the Restaurant Awards information section, under "For the Trade" on the navigation bar.
Openings for positions at Wine Spectator are posted on our website under Wine Spectator Jobs, in the Help section. Please consider carefully whether your qualifications match our requirements before sending your resumé to the e-mail address specified in the listing. We also value a passion for wine that is evidenced through solid achievements. If you meet these criteria, we are eager to hear from you.
Unfortunately, Wine Spectator does not have an internship program. We cannot consider or respond to requests for positions as interns. We wish you the best of luck in pursuing a career in the wine and/or publishing industry.
Wine Spectator seeks a highly motivated wine lover for an entry-level position in its New York tasting department. See full details.
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