John Anderson, Author at Wine Review Online

What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: The Hardest Thing To Find in a Retail Wine Shop

by John Anderson | July 31, 2024

Last he reached out to you, Dear Reader, The Ole Professor had set himself on a mission to find a...

by John Anderson | May 21, 2024

Some of you have asked why The Ole Professor only writes about wines he has bought for himself—and drunk (usually...

by John Anderson | February 7, 2024

The Ole Professor preaches thrift year ‘round—and mostly he adheres to his own preachings — but there are times of...

by John Anderson | December 15, 2023

When last he appeared at this site, this Ole Professor promised on his return to deconstruct the tale of how...

by John Anderson | October 25, 2023

The Ole Professor, his Spouse and their Young’Un just returned from two weeks’ vacation at Cape Cod — and wish...

by John Anderson | August 16, 2023

The Ole Professor here. Students, take your seats, pull out your stemware and your notebooks—er, laptops! Class is back in...

by John Anderson | June 21, 2023

Class is now back in session, so I propose to return to the topic at hand: Good white Burgundy that...

by John Anderson | May 31, 2023

As faithful readers know, I generally focus on value-for-the-buck wines, most of them French. With spring about to give way...

by John Anderson | March 30, 2023

My friend and colleague at Wine Review Online Michael Apstein is, I know, writing about the 2020 vintage in Burgundy,...

by John Anderson | January 26, 2023

I have a new favorite House Red. AND it typically retails for under $20 a bottle. One of my local...

by John Anderson | November 9, 2022

As keen readers of this column have perhaps noticed, my aim is in focusing on what I consider to be...

by John Anderson | September 29, 2022

I was having lunch the other day with a lifelong friend of mine who happens to be a retired Foreign...