Ed McCarthy, Author at Wine Review Online

The White Wines I Drink

by Ed McCarthy | July 16, 2013

“Why am I always running out of white wines?” I asked myself the other day while making another trip to...

by Ed McCarthy | June 19, 2013

In 1872, Josep Raventós of the Codorníu Raventós family from Catalonia made Spain’s first bottle of sparkling wine using the...

by Ed McCarthy | April 24, 2013

The early 1970s was an exciting time for wineries emerging in Napa Valley, such as Chateau Montelena, Stag’s Leap Wine...

by Ed McCarthy | March 20, 2013

When discussing the wines of the Lubéron AOC district, the most obvious question to address is, “Where is the Lubéron?” ...

by Ed McCarthy | February 23, 2013

About 35 years ago, a new category of Italian red wines emerged in Tuscany. Chianti was selling poorly in the...

by Ed McCarthy | January 30, 2013

Is there a difference in the palates of wine drinkers living on the East Coast of the U.S. as opposed...

by Ed McCarthy | January 2, 2013

There are two kinds of wine: the ones that you drink as soon as you buy them, and the ones...

by Ed McCarthy | December 4, 2012

The first time that I can remember drinking Prosecco was in Tuscany, over 25 years ago. It was a warm...

by Ed McCarthy | November 7, 2012

Italy’s Piedmont region has been my favorite area in the world for red wines for some time. When I made...

by Ed McCarthy | October 10, 2012

Just as Gallo is the U.S.’s dominant wine firm, Moët & Chandon is Champagne’s icon, and Baron Philippe de Rothchild’s...

by Ed McCarthy | September 10, 2012

The Institute of Masters of Wine recently did its annual gigantic Champagne tasting in New York (with San Francisco coming...

by Ed McCarthy | August 21, 2012

One year after he founded his Champagne house in 1851, 29-year-old Charles-Camille Heidsieck took the unusual step, at that time,...