 In press releases by "Wine Spectator" and "Cigar Aficionado" published in July 2010 it was unexpectedly announced that Suckling had retired from the publisher M. Shanken Communications magazines.Following some public criticism to the apparent dispassionate manner of the Shanken announcement, Suckling himself described the departure from the company as "totally amicable" and stated he would go on to "pursue other projects", He later published on his own Twitter account that reports of his retirement had been "greatly exaggerated" and he was "planning an exciting future".In September 2010, Suckling announced his charity wine project ahead of the Papal visit to the United Kingdom, named "One Wine One World".