Managing Editor, New York
Tasting Beat: Austria, Greece, Portugal (table wines), Southern France
A native of the San Francisco Bay area, I was introduced to wine as a teenager while living and working in Sonoma County's Russian River Valley. My first job after college was as a reporter and then editor of the St. Helena Star, a weekly newspaper published in Napa Valley. In my four years in Napa, I gained firsthand knowledge of its many wines and winemakers.
I joined Wine Spectator in 1988 and am now managing editor, overseeing the day-to-day production of the magazine in the New York headquarters. As a taster, my beats cover Austria; the south of France, including the Languedoc region; the table wines of Portugal; and the emerging wines of Greece. I am also the lead writer on value-priced wines, and produce annual cover stories and major feature packages on the topic.
Recent blog posts by Kim Marcus
- Going Upriver in the Douro for Quinto do Crasto's Fantastic 2007s (Jun 5, 2008)
- Big Plans and Dreams, and an Impressive New Red in the Douro (Jun 2, 2008)
- Big Reds with a Lot of Soul (May 30, 2008)
- Douro Thunderclap (May 28, 2008)
- Should You Try an Israeli Wine? (Mar 5, 2008)
- Traveling East, and Visiting a Unique Winery (Feb 27, 2008)
- In the Wilds of Israel (Feb 24, 2008)
- Israel, Day 2: North to Netanya (Feb 20, 2008)
- Israel: Arrival (Feb 19, 2008)
- A Remarkable Riesling and More Adventures in the Wachau (May 16, 2007)
