Publications to Pitch

1. Bourbon+

Unknown

Bourbon+ needs features on science, whiskey, bourbon, spirits, destinations, and interesting people in the bourbon world.

2. Punch

Unknown

Punch needs pitches about cocktails, spirits, wine, beer, zero-proof drinks, or nightlife culture. Punch publishes guides to bartending techniques, deep dives into bars, behind-the-scenes looks at bars, and regional classics.

3. Barista Magazine

Unknown

Barista Magazine reports on competition, training, employee morale, coffee events, and more.

4. Wine Enthusiast

$0.50/word

Wine Enthusiast publishes pop culture, travel, industry news, and articles around certain holidays and varietals/regions. Wine Enthusiast is also interested in photo-driven features, first-person narratives, and deeply reported features focused on trends and news. Wine Enthusiast never accepts pitches written with AI.

5. WineMaker

$75-$300/article

WineMaker publishes technical features, step-by-step recipe articles, general interest features with commercial and amateur winemakers, and more for an audience of American and Canadian home winemakers.

6. Distiller

Depends

Distiller is a publication of the American Distilling Institute and has an audience of alcohol industry professionals. Distiller publishes articles on ingredients and formulations, marketing and packaging, regulation and compliance, production, the finances and economics of the alcohol industry, and more.

7. Fresh Cup

$250/article

Fresh Cup needs pitches on coffee business trends, guide-like content, deep-dive interviews, and opinionated expertise on what an ethical industry looks like.

8. VinePair

VinePair is open to pitches on drink news and stories about coffee, wine, spirits, beer, and more. VinePair wants reported articles, news stories, long-form features, personal essays with greater cultural context, cocktail recipes, and more.

9. Food & Wine

$300/article, per past reports

Food & Wine wants pitches “from writers, recipe developers, and photographers with a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds that will inspire and empower our wine and food devoted audience to discover, create, and devour the best in food, drink, and travel.”

10. Drink of the Week

Drink of the Week is open to pitches on barware, distilling, drinking, party/entertaining tips, bar food, and more.

11. Swurl Magazine

$250-$500 for short-form stories, $500-$1,000 for long-form stories

Swurl Magazine publishes short-form and long-form stories on wine. This pitch call was for its first fall print edition.

12. Going

$250+

Going publishes stories on travel and destinations. While Going doesn’t specifically look for wine-related stories, it is a good place to pitch destination-based stories, so if you have a story on a winery or a wine-related experience, try pitching Going.