[20] It was published annually between 2003 and 2008, and was cancelled as the high fees of having forty-five, occasionally notable authors made the book unprofitable.

He has judged at wine competitions in Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Africa, the UK and the USA.

[6][22][23] Writer Huon Hooke has described the competition as "arguably the world’s most important venue for judging sparkling wine.

[26] He has written for wine-pages.com, including contributing a "Wine aromas and flavours" resource which was praised by Patrick Comiskey in the LA Times.

[7] Stevenson believes the parellada, macabeo and xarel·lo grape varieties are not are suited for the second fermentation used in the traditional method of champagne production.