Ed McCarthy, Author at Wine Review Online

So Many Great Champagnes, So Little Time!

by Ed McCarthy | December 8, 2009

It’s December, the one month of the year that Champagne houses make about half of their yearly sales–at least in...

by Ed McCarthy | November 27, 2009

I would like to weigh in with my opinion on the controversy regarding the washing of sparkling wine glasses recently...

by Ed McCarthy | November 24, 2009

Everybody’s favorite holiday is a time to get together with loved ones and friends to give thanks for what we...

by Ed McCarthy | November 10, 2009

Burt Williams was a newspaper printer in San Francisco. His friend, Ed Selyem, was an accountant/ wine buyer in Forestville,...

by Ed McCarthy | October 13, 2009

Reputations change slowly in the wine business. Many of my wine drinking friends have not touched a glass of Soave...

by Ed McCarthy | September 15, 2009

When Alex and Louisa Hargrave founded Long Island’s first commercial winery on the North Fork in 1973, after an extensive...

by Ed McCarthy | August 19, 2009

I love Champagne, and have many favorites, but no other Champagne impresses me more than Dom Pérignon. I’m certain that...

by Ed McCarthy | July 23, 2009

During the past two decades, Champagne Louis Roederer, a prestigious, family-owned, medium-sized Champagne house, has become one of the most...

by Ed McCarthy | July 15, 2009

I visited Austria recently with the intention of enjoying its dry, elegant white wines; after all, Austria is white wine...

by Ed McCarthy | April 28, 2009

Americans love pizza so much that we’ve made it our national food, along with hamburgers and hot dogs. I also happen...

by Ed McCarthy | April 2, 2009

In early March of this year, I toured California’s Sonoma Coast, a region which I think is already turning out...

by Ed McCarthy | March 3, 2009

Not too long ago, in the 1990s, Merlot was the “hot” California varietal red wine. After the “French Paradox,” which...