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68 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good value but not top-level, December 17, 2001
Wine Enthusiast magazine is a second-class (but not third-class) cousin to Wine Spectator magazine. Based on my reading experience with the magazine over the last year, it offers fewer articles and fewer tasting reviews. The quality of the editorial/opinions is close to comparable, though. This magazine can be a reasonable choice to read and, since it does cost just a bit less than Wine Spectator, it can offer reasonable value.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay for the price, but could use some improvements, February 16, 2005
Wine Enthusiast is an average, decently priced, magazine about, of all things, wine. Less of a lifestyle magazine than Wine Spectator, and less serious in tone than Wine Advocate, Wine Enthusiast has its merit in that it focuses solidly on wine without the pretentious rambling that sometimes diminishes its competitors. Most of its articles are mostly accurate, if in a rudimentary way. Wine Enthusiast does not seem to rate as many wines as its competitors, which can be a problem for vertical comparisons of certain wines, including some well-known examples from Bordeaux and Burgundy. As such, I would probably not recommend Wine Enthusiast to the serious collector. Nonetheless, for its price, Wine Enthusiast offers value and adequate ratings and reviews of many wines, although I have some questions as to how they choose which wines to rate when they leave out many Sauternes in favor of white zinfandels.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Affordable & adequate --- better as an introductory source than anything else, July 11, 2006
As the other reviewers have observed, this is definitely not a magazine for the serious collector, if for no other reason than the quantity of wines being reviewed is relatively small, and without good comparison to other vintages among other things. The articles are nice enough, but without much depth. Most aspects of this magazine would tend appeal more to the neophyte, which is fair enough. It helps that it is relatively inexpensive.
For those who are just getting their feet wet, one should note that the editorial slant tends towards wines with a more acidic presence (as opposed to the fruit bombs favored by Parker). This might make one assume that the Wine Enthusiast staff falls squarely in line with the wine establishment in the UK, but while reading the reviews, it is apparent from the occasional shot at British critics that the editors hew their own line in this regard. Mostly it becomes a question of whether or not you, as a wine drinker, are an acidhound or instead prefer a fruit-dominated wine.
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