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Eight Great Reasons to Take a Wine Study Abroad Trip
From picturesque villages to medieval castles, lazy rivers, tranquil hills, and snow-capped mountains, great wine regions have no shortage...
Do Not Miss the 2019 Brunellos!
Let me get straight to the point. The 2019 vintage for Brunello di Montalcino is fabulous! I make this assessment after...
Generational Shifts in Family Wineries
As a first generation American, the idea of a family business that spans generations or even centuries, feels nearly unimaginable to...
Pairing Wines & Foods? You Don’t Need a Sommelier
Sommeliers hold a higher profile right now than they have for a generation--or maybe two. Even while acknowledging that the Court of...
Rethinking Cognac
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...
Wine Review Online’s Ed McCarthy Shifting into Columnist Emeritus Status
It is with profound gratitude that we at WRO thank Ed McCarthy for his consistently excellent columns published every four weeks since we...
Welcoming Columnist Pam Roberto to Wine Review Online
Along with my colleagues at Wine Review Online, I’m delighted to welcome Pam Roberto to our ranks as a regular columnist. ...
In Praise of ‘Country’ Wines
"But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread" --"Address to a Haggis" Robert Burns, poet...
Platinum Award Winners from the 2024 San Diego International Challenge
Surely you’ve seen wine competition medal stickers in ads or on labels or “hang tags” on bottles in retail stores, but...