According to Decanter.com, Sibaritas, the Spanish consumer wine magazine created in 1983 and edited by José Peñin, has suspended publication after 18 years.
The recession and the rise of online wine sites meant reader numbers dropped significantly in 2009. Peñin says: “New technology, reader trends and ways of communicating about wine have pushed us to explore the Internet as an option”.
The launch of an online version of the Guía Peñin guides is planned in October. The site will feature thousands of searchable wines from the Guía Peñin annual guides, tasting notes, tasting reports and a blog.
The monetization strategy is not announced yet. We’ll they adopt the erobertparker.com strategy with a subscription fee or go for a free access approach?
Prior to this, Peñin is due to launch guiapeninenruta.com next week, a wine travel blog, with sections on Spanish wine regions, producers and individual wines. It won’t however feature any wine scores.
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