Andrew Holod, Author at Wine Review Online

Winemaking in Neutral Containers, Part 1: Winemaking Considered Back to the Stone and Iron Ages

by Andrew Holod | September 3, 2025

A wide variety of factors contribute to the aromas, flavors and style of a wine: grape variety, the climate of...

by Andrew Holod | June 10, 2025

Sometimes being in the wine trade has significant benefits. I was lucky enough to score a free ticket to the...

by Andrew Holod | March 26, 2025

A few weeks ago, I was invited to share a meal and taste wines with Napa Valley winery Sequoia Grove’s...

by Andrew Holod | January 8, 2025

I’m writing this column with my family’s Christmas tree in the next room, reminding me of some reading I’ve done...

by Andrew Holod | October 12, 2024

I’ve been very lucky in my career to be introduced to some of the most charismatic and interesting people in...

by Andrew Holod | August 18, 2024

Wine labels contain a lot of information. Some of this information is nearly universal including the producer’s name, a variety...

by Andrew Holod | June 12, 2024

Tuscany as a region seems to have entered the psyche of Americans and refused to leave. There are so many...

by Andrew Holod | April 10, 2024

As a first generation American, the idea of a family business that spans generations or even centuries, feels nearly unimaginable...

by Andrew Holod | March 15, 2024

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

by Andrew Holod | December 10, 2023

Welcome to a guide offering some advice about how to select an appropriate wine for the moment. I’m following up...

by Andrew Holod | October 25, 2023

It’s not unusual for me to be asked, in the course of my work as a wine merchant in a...