The US magazine (Wine Observer) was founded in 1976 by Bob Morrisey in New York and purchased three years later by publisher Marvin R. Shanken. Alongside Robert Parker 's "Wine Advocate", it is considered the world's most influential wine publication and was ranked the No. 1 business consumer magazine among affluent readers by the Luxury Institute in 2008. Thomas Matthews is the editor-in-chief.

The articles on all the wine-growing regions of all the world's wine-growing countries and their wines are provided by renowned wine journalists on location, with regular contributors including Hugh Johnson, John Platter, Cyril Ray and Jancis Robinson. Each year, 15 issues are published, each containing between 400 and more than 1,000 wine ratings with tasting notes. These are carried out according to the 100-point system by experienced wine critics.
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