Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Siepi, a True Super Tuscan

by Michael Apstein | June 30, 2016

Today, the term Super Tuscan has become almost meaningless because its widespread use encompasses anything from expensive wine made...

by Michael Apstein | June 3, 2016

Although my predictions lack the consistency of Nate Silver’s, I will stick my neck out and say that Portuguese wines...

by Michael Apstein | May 7, 2016

No doubt the producers in Carmignano, the smallest DOCG of Tuscany and located just northwest of Florence, bristle when they...

by Michael Apstein | April 6, 2016

It’s well worth unraveling the confusion that often prevents consumers from embracing Chianti Rùfina, for the wines from this area...

by Michael Apstein | March 9, 2016

Subtlety and Malbec are two words rarely used in the same sentence. Malbec, at least from Argentina, usually produces a...

by Michael Apstein | February 11, 2016

In November 2013, Alan Sichel, chairman of Bordeaux’s guild of wine merchants, told Bloomberg Business, “No one will be excited...

by Michael Apstein | January 17, 2016

A transformation is occurring in Beaujolais, and within a few years the world will see the wines from that region...

by Michael Apstein | December 17, 2015

Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does. At least that’s the case for Château Lagrange, the...

by Michael Apstein | November 30, 2015

Dom Perignon, step aside. Although that monk is often credited with “inventing” Champagne, in reality, the women of the region...

by Michael Apstein | November 20, 2015

There were smiles all around Burgundy–at least before the horrific events in Paris on Friday, November 13. And with good...

by Michael Apstein | October 21, 2015

Although still focused primarily on Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand is showing a lot of vinous diversity these days, both with...

by Michael Apstein | September 23, 2015

I hate the 100-point scale for rating wines. Of course, I use it, like the vast majority of wine writers,...