International guides:

Wine Spectator is one of the world's most influential and prestigious wine magazines, renowned for its reviews, rankings, and in-depth reports on wines, winemakers, and global wine trends. This magazine is considered an important reference point for producers, retailers, and wine enthusiasts and  has a significant influence on trends in the wine market.

Hailing from Baltimore in the USA, Robert Parker is actually a lawyer, but his heart has always belonged to wine. In the late 1970s he began publishing a wine guide under the title “The Wine Advocate”, today one of the most renowned and influential in the business, reaching readers in more than 40 countries around the world.

Wine Enthusiast is a renowned magazine and online platform that covers topics relating to wine and wine culture. It offers a wealth of information, including wine ratings, recommendations and useful tips for wine lovers. With a wide range of articles, videos and expert opinions, Wine Enthusiast is a valuable resource for wine connoisseurs and novices alike.

Founded in London in 1975, Decanter is one of the oldest and most renowned media aimed exclusively at wine lovers. Over almost 50 years, Decanter has become one of the world’s leading wine critics, reaching around 2.2 million users each month in over 100 countries around the world through its print, digital and social channels.

For almost 30 years the Los Angeles-born wine critic James Suckling was one of the brains behind “The Wine Spectator”, according to the business magazine Forbes “one of the most powerful wine critics in the world”. Since 2010 Suckling has assumed responsibility for his own wine platform, JamesSuckling.com, on which some 25,000 wines are rated annually.

Vinous is an online wine magazine founded by wine critic Antonio Galloni. It has become one of the world's most prestigious wine publications, serving subscribers in more than 100 countries around the world. Vinous also uses the 100-point scale, with wines scoring over 96 points considered "extraordinary."

Launched in Zurich in 1980, the VINUM trade journal today describes itself as a “magazine for wine culture” and is published in different editions in several countries (as well as online). VINUM also publishes its own wine guides year on year, which in a relatively short time have achieved an influential position, especially in the German-speaking wine world.

Falstaff’s roots are in Austria, where a wine magazine was first published under this name in 1980. With its web and print offerings, Falstaff has in the meantime become one of the leading wine media in the German-speaking world, with a total circulation of around 150,000 copies. Falstaff also publishes its own country-specific wine guides.

Henris is a platform dedicated to the world of fine tastes in all its nuances. In blind tastings, selected international wines — including those from Alto Adige — are evaluated alongside German wines. The rating scale follows the recognized system up to a maximum of 100 points.