Andrew Holod, Author at Wine Review Online

Tasting Your Way to Better Wine Selections

by Andrew Holod | Dec 10, 2023

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

by Andrew Holod | Dec 5, 2023

This is an interesting wine, focusing on an expression of the estate, per the winery's website. The production...

by Andrew Holod | Nov 29, 2023

Great Pinot Noir is often grown on limestone soils in a relatively cooler mesoclimate; no wonder that Germany is...

by Andrew Holod | Nov 1, 2023

Bordeaux is a maritime wine region, affected by the Atlantic to some extent, and this shows in this wine in the form of...

by Andrew Holod | Nov 1, 2023

This wine is impressive in many ways, starting with its status as a Grand Cru Classé “A" (the top...

by Andrew Holod | Nov 1, 2023

Semillon is likely not your very first choice of a white grape, but perhaps it should be! Washington State stalwart...

by Andrew Holod | Nov 1, 2023

"Red blend" is generally not descriptive enough to understand the flavor profile of a wine. Is the wine...

by Andrew Holod | Oct 25, 2023

It's not unusual for me to be asked, in the course of my work as a wine merchant in a bottle shop, “What is your favorite...

by Andrew Holod | Oct 11, 2023

This is straight-up delicious Chardonnay produced from vines owned by the estate and grown on gravelly, red clay...

by Andrew Holod | Oct 11, 2023

This wine shows the heights to which Sauvignon Blanc can climb, displaying excellent complexity in aromas from citrus,...

by Andrew Holod | Oct 11, 2023

Bring on the most exotic foods you can think of and this wine awaits the challenge. Starting with complex floral and...

by Andrew Holod | Oct 11, 2023

Grapes used to make this wine see 10 to 15 hours resting in a bladder press which is enveloped with inert gas to prevent...