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Pairing Wines & Foods? You Don’t Need a Sommelier

by Michael Franz | Apr 10, 2024

Sommeliers hold a higher profile right now than they have for a generation--or maybe two. Even while acknowledging that the Court of...

by W. Blake Gray | Apr 7, 2024

We've been drinking Cognac all wrong. I just spent three days in the Cognac region, immersed in the stuff, and not once did I get a...

by Michael Franz | Apr 7, 2024

It is with profound gratitude that we at WRO thank Ed McCarthy for his consistently excellent columns published every four weeks since we...

by Michael Franz | Apr 7, 2024

Along with my colleagues at Wine Review Online, I’m delighted to welcome Pam Roberto to our ranks as a regular columnist. ...

by Andrew Holod | Mar 15, 2024

"But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread" --"Address to a Haggis" Robert Burns, poet...

by Michael Franz | Mar 15, 2024

Surely you’ve seen wine competition medal stickers in ads or on labels or “hang tags” on bottles in retail stores, but...

by Jim Clarke | Mar 15, 2024

There’s always a certain trepidation when a highly regarded “cult” winery changes hands, especially when a larger...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 15, 2024

Let me cut directly to the chase, or rather, the bottom line: Buy as much of the 2022 Burgundies—both red and white—as your...

by Miranda Franco | Mar 15, 2024

In March, as International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month take center stage, we continue to shine a spotlight on...