As a wine writer, I understand the impossibility of giving equal attention to every wine growing regions. As I work on a column about the wines of the Canary Islands, I have to question if anyone cares — or if anyone who does care could even find them. The same holds true for several states in this country that make limited-distribution wines.

So when the eminent Wine Enthusiast announced recently that it will no longer taste wines from a number of domestic and foreign regions, I understood why. Nonetheless, its decision will mean more difficulty in minor regions getting international attention for their wines — many of which are worthy of review.

The regions the publication targeted include: Bulgaria, Croatia, China, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland. In the United States, it is dropping all states other than California, Washington, Oregon, New York and Virginia.

Having roots in Michigan and Maryland, I have tasted many of their wines that command high scores. Yet they are still rare. These wines won’t get the attention they deserve without national publications such as the Wine Enthusiast’s review.