industry internet founded 1998 headquarters auckland new zealand products wine information website www.wine searcher.com wine searcher is a web search engine enabling users to locate the price and availability of a given wine globally and be directed to a retail outlet selling the wine . as of july 2016 wine searcher had 8.6 million wine listings from 66 680 outlets globally . the site also includes an encyclopedia of wine regions grape varieties and wine producers . contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 reviews 4 references history edit the company was founded in 1998 by martin brown a former e commerce manager for london wine merchant berry bros & rudd . in 2006 the operation was shifted from london to auckland in brown s native new zealand . the company now has a staff of roughly 50 employees including software developers database administrators account managers and writers . products and services edit wine searcher collects online wine lists from a range of wine stores merchants and auction houses . a small team of wine specialists vets the listings which are uploaded to a database . merchants can choose to boost their own listings by paying a yearly fee to sponsor wine searcher . these listings are available to all users but for a small fee an upgrade to pro version will return all results . apart from its core function as a database wine searcher also has an encyclopedia which covers 1000 grape varieties and 3500 wine regions . 1 it also provides wine news and features . in 2013 wine searcher released its first mobile app initially for iphone and later for android . 2 wine searcher s income derives from charging subscriberrs for pro version access charging retailers to share their listings and advertisements on the web site . 3 reviews edit over the years wine searcher s contribution to online wine business has been recognized by numerous sources . notable among them are the new york times 4 time 5 forbes magazine 6 seattle times 7 jancis robinson 8 the journal gazette 9 pittsburgh tribune review 10 the times 11 bloomberg luxury 12 13 los angeles times . 14 references edit wine regions & appellations . retrieved 11 february 2014 . wine searcher mobile app . retrieved 17 february 2014 . wine searcher . retrieved 27 september 2014 . asimov eric 11 february 2014 . why can t you find that wine . new york times . retrieved 12 february 2014 . kapnick sharon 18 january 2007 . how to choose the right wine . time inc. retrieved 15 july 2008 . website reviews wine searcher.com . forbes . archived from the original on 20 october 2006 . retrieved 15 july 2008 . gregutt paul 21 may 2008 . web site helps consumers find a favorite wine . the seattle times company . retrieved 15 july 2008 . robinson jancis 16 march 2002 . comparing wine prices online who s best . jancis robinson . retrieved 15 july 2008 . stockman dan ; krista stockman 6 october 2007 . spread word on shipping . the journal gazette . retrieved 15 july 2008 . desimone dave 11 april 2007 . web sites offer entertaining useful wine information . tribune review publishing co. retrieved 15 july 2008 . macquitty jane 12 january 2008 . don t believe the hype . london times newspapers ltd. retrieved 15 july 2008 . pursuits bloomberg business . bloomberg . mariani john 15 september 2013 . throw a great party with wines under 15 . bloomberg luxury . retrieved 18 december 2013 . comiskey patrick 12 august 2010 . wine searcher.com levels the wine industry playing field . los angeles times . retrieved 10 december 2010 . drink portal wine portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wine searcher & oldid 738811457 categories wine companiescomparison shopping websiteshidden categories use dmy dates from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 05 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view