Senior Editor and Tasting Director, New York
Tasting Beat: Burgundy, Champagne, Germany
I joined Wine Spectator in 1993 as tasting coordinator and was promoted to tasting director in 1995. In 1999, I became a senior editor.
Born in Canada, I studied urban geography at the University of Waterloo, then earned a master's degree from Queen's University. My career as a model and actor brought me to Germany, where I first became passionate about wine. I entered the wine industry after moving to New York in 1990, gaining experience with specialty retailer Burgundy Wine Company and working as sommelier at Windows on the World.
Under my direction, Wine Spectator's tasting department organizes the tastings of more than 12,500 wines each year in New York, California and Europe, and maintains the magazine's databases for wine ratings, restaurant awards and commercial auctions.
My own tasting responsibilities include the wines of Germany and the French regions of Burgundy and Champagne.
When I'm not visiting wine regions for Wine Spectator, I enjoy listening to jazz, both live and recorded, along with other kinds of music; cooking and dining out in New York; and in-line skating in Central Park. My wife and I live in Manhattan with two affectionate and curious parrots.
Recent blog posts by Bruce Sanderson
- A Taste of the Côte de Nuits (Nov 20, 2009)
- A Master Class in Savigny-lès-Beaune (Nov 19, 2009)
- Exploring the Terroirs of St.-Aubin (Nov 16, 2009)
- Time Traveling (Nov 13, 2009)
- A First Look at the 2008 Vintage in Burgundy (Nov 11, 2009)
- On My Way to Burgundy’s Trois Glorieuses (Nov 10, 2009)
- Changing the Style at Faiveley (Nov 3, 2009)
- Reflections on the 2009 New York Wine Experience (Oct 27, 2009)
- Recent Tastings: Part I (Oct 21, 2009)
- Precision and Finesse (Sep 14, 2009)
