The Editor Speaks
Happy Birthday to us
The Editor in Winefullness Towers
Hello and welcome to, what for us, is a historic edition of Winefullness Magazine, as we reach the 25th issue of something that we though might not last longer than a couple of blogs when it came into being over nine years ago.
Now some of you might think that 25 issues is not particularly large, but when you consider that it started as a blog for the first few years before becoming an online wine magazine, published every three months, and then following a fallow period of eighteen months, returned and has been published every month in 2025 (there’s that twenty-five number again) it's been quite a long time coming.
In that time we've grown from 15 people per issue to
a couple of thousand. There have been interviews with the great and the good of the wine world, articles about wine cellars, various tours, visits, tastings, reviews, and all manner of articles that mean we have tried to touch more areas of the world of wine than almost every other comparable wine publication, and we continue to try and bring humour to a world of wine that can sometimes be labelled as snobby and lacking in humour by those on the outside.
In this edition, as we did in the last issue, we’re taking a moment to pause and reflect on just how much we've achieved, so please allow us a moment to pat ourselves on the back as you read some of our favourite interviews that have been conducted since we first turned on the computer and opened a file called Winefullness Magazine, and this means, that amongst the twelve interviews included, you’ll see the names of Stephen Spurrier, Pierre Lurton, Sacha Lichine, Cathy Corison, Paul Draper, and Sam Neill, to name but a few. I hope you’ll enjoy reading them and see that the magazine has often punched above its weight when it comes to talking to the important figures of the world of wine. So, that is the past. What have we got coming in the new year?
Firstly, we’ve decided that in every year we’re going to take a short holiday of three months to allow us to work on other elements of the Winefullness world. These include books, merchandising, and a possible Youtube Channel (this is in the early stages, but the three months will be used to cement ideas) and with this in mind, the next edition of Winefullness Magazine, and the first in 2026 will take place in April (we started putting this edition together in December 2025 so we don't think it counts). From then on, until December, it will continue as the monthly online magazine you've grown to know and enjoy.
Don’t think that Winefullness Magazine will be lying dormant during this time, because there will be constant updates of news and press releases that come across my desk and this means that we’ll be keeping you fully in touch with the world of wine as it comes into Winefullness Towers.
So that it for now. We’re very excited for next year and know that the magazine will continue to grow and touch upon all areas of the wine world as they come up. We’ve enjoyed having your company and we look forward to you being with us for many more years.
Keep the wine faith, drink in the viticultural excitement and share the good tastes that come your way.
Photograph by Matt Wilson
Happy New Year
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Tony Harries
Editor of Winefullness Magazine