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= Vinous = Vinous is an online, modern-day wine publication founded in 2013 by wine critic Antonio Galloni. Vinous brings together traditional reviews and ratings of new releases, along with retrospectives and verticals of older vintages and pairs it with modern interactive maps, restaurant reviews, onsite videos with producers, and a variety of events. It is also the first major wine publication designed and built to be be online led.

Founding
Vinous launched in 2013 after Galloni left Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate. At launch, Vinous included all of Galloni's reviews from The Piedmont Report and The Wine Advocate.

IWC Acquisition
In December 2014, Vinous acquired Stephen Tanzer's widely acclaimed International Wine Cellar, which included a library of over 145,00 tasting notes. Former IWC reviewers Stephen Tanzer, Josh Raynolds, and Ian D'Agata are now part of the Vinous team.

Delectable and Banquet Acquisition
In December 2016 Vinous acquired the wine app Delectable, which is used to scan wine (beer and spirits) labels, and write and share tasting notes. Delectable has been downloaded over a million times and has a reputation for being particularly popular among the wine community. Vinous wine reviews and ratings are made available on Delectable to Delectable Premium subscribers, which includes certain subscribers to Vinous who linked their accounts with Delectable. Banquet is the arm of Delectable that serves as an online platform for wine.

Features
In addition to publishing traditional reviews and ratings of wines from throughout the world, Vinous maintains a vintage chart, glossary and grape guide. Interactive features include maps of Barbaresco and Barolo and a forum for subscribers. Vinous hosts events several times a year, most to raise money for charity.

Napa Valley Maps
In May of 2016 Vinous unveiled Napa Valley maps as its latest feature. The first ever of their kind, the comprehensive maps of the vineyards of Napa Valley were created in collaboration with Alessandro Masnaghetti, internationally renowned cartographer and author of comprehensive maps and books of Barolo, Barbaresco, and other regions. Many of the top wineries in Napa maintain extreme privacy, which is why maps of this kind were never made before. Galloni, Masnaghetti and the Vinous team worked for years to convince wineries that this was a worthwhile project, and then conducted extensive research on the ground.

The maps come in various sizes and formats.

Critics
The Vinous team is led by founder and CEO Antonio Galloni who also covers the regions of Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Piedmont, Tuscany, Champagne, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Mountains and Burgundy.

Stephen Tanzer serves as Editor in Chief and covers the regions of Burgundy, Chablis, Washington, Argentina, South Africa, New Zealand, Port, Tokaj and Napa Valley.

Joshua Raynolds is and editor and writes about Spain, Rhône, Languedoc, Roussillon, Provence, Oregon, Australia, Paso Robles, Santa Lucia Highlands and Chile.

Ian D'Agata is Senior Editor and Head of Development for Europe & Asia, while also covering Central and Southern Italy, Northern Italy (except Piedmont and Tuscany), Alsace and Canada.

David Schildknecht is an editor and covers Austria, Germany and the Loire Valley.