Although most major producing countries have their own specialist sites, magazines and guides, such as the Revue du Vin de France in French, Gambero Rosso in Italian or Peñin in Spanish, about the only ones that are read worldwide are those available in English. For that reason, the following is merely a short list of links to such sites that have an international impact on today's wine world.

AWRL is the home of the Australian Wine Research Institute.

Cephas Photolibrary is a collection of Mick Rock’s excellent wine photographs.

Decanter has developed it into one of the world’s best websites for both content and news.

Drink’s Business is, as the name implies, a site that specialises in the business of wine with daily updates.

Fine Wine Magazine is the online home of the brilliant World of Fine Wine magazine. You should be subscribing to it.

Matching Food and Wine is Fiona Beckett’s authoritative site.

Meininger’s Wine Business International is one of the best international trade titles. I was its chief editor for its first three years of existence.

Jancis Robinson has an impressive website with a authoritative pay-to-view section, but there’s enough free stuff to make it worth visiting.

James Suckling  was long the European correspondent for the Wine Spectator. He launched his own now successful site in 2010 and has become an enthusiastic voice for wine.

UC Davis is an interesting site for those interested in wine science.

Vinous was founded by Antonio Galloni in 2013. He originally planned to take over Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, where he was then working, but created this website when it was instead sold to Chinese investors.

Wine Advocate was long Robert Parker’s site. It contains an archive of his old tasting notes and ratings as well as those from the formidable team that now covers all of the wine growing regions of the world.

Wine Anorak hosts Dr. Jamie Goode’s online wine articles and blog. It remains an excellent introduction, source and humorous read on the world of wine.

Wine Spectator was founded in 1976, making it one of the oldest sources of wine information. Originally only available in print, its online presence went live in 1996 when the web was still in its infancy.

Wine Pages is Tom Cannavan’s long-standing website hosting an active discussion forum.