JamesSuckling.com partners with Wine.com to make wine even more accessible

James Suckling and Michael Osborn, founder of Wine.com, at Great Wines of the World in Miami in January 2020.

JamesSuckling.com has partnered with Wine.com, the biggest online wine retailer in the United States ($1 billion of wine sold and shipped to date), to make it even easier for wine lovers to buy the wines they discover at JamesSuckling.com Great Wine events. 

The JamesSuckling.com events take place in six cities across the US (Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and Miami), giving wine consumers and trade access to hundreds of the latest releases. Now event attendees can easily search for and buy the same wines that they taste at these events. In addition, event attendees can also use the Wine.com app to scan and rate the wines they taste. 

As always, members of the wine trade will continue to be welcome at the events. This new partnership complements the wine trade experience by extending the consumer experience. 

“JamesSuckling.com is happy to partner with Wine.com for our American events: Great Wines of the World, Great Wines of Italy and Great Wines of the Andes,” said James Suckling, CEO and editor of the global wine media and events company. “We don’t have a commercial stake in the wine sales – rather, this is a convenient service that benefits both the consumers and winemakers at our events.”

In January 2020, more than 2,000 participants attended the Great Wines of the World tasting, where hundreds of vintners poured their award-winning wines from more than 120 wineries from around the world. In conjunction with the event, James Suckling announced the Winery of the Decade (Masseto), Wine of the Decade (Almaviva 2017) and Winemaker of the Decade (Philippe Dhalluin responsible for Chateau Mouton, Opus One, and Almaviva), celebrating the first decade of theJamesSuckling.com site. 

This year, Wine.com will partner with JamesSuckling.com for nine events in six cities during 2020, including their first in Texas. Next up is the Great Wines of Italy Grand Tasting Tour, kicking off in Dallas on February 26, with stops following in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and Miami.

Wine.com began citing Suckling’s reviews nine years ago, and today Wine.com customers have access to more than 3,000 wines rated 90 points or higher by JamesSuckling.com. As an added benefit, Wine.com StewardShip members receive early access and discounted tickets to tastings hosted by JamesSuckling.com.