Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Domaine Louis Latour, Aloxe-Corton Premier Cru (Burgundy, France) 2012

by Michael Apstein | Dec 10, 2014

Louis Latour, top-notch négociant established in 1797, is based in the Aloxe-Corton. Since their founding, have...

by Michael Apstein | Dec 10, 2014

Consumers tend to forget that the top-tier négociants, such as Louis Latour, make wine from grapes grown in vineyards...

by Michael Apstein | Dec 10, 2014

With their 67+ acres of Grand Cru vineyards, Louis Latour owns more of those precious plots than anyone else in...

by Michael Apstein | Dec 2, 2014

Commonly just known as Pesquera, this 2010 Reserva from Ribera del Duero expands on that wine’s dazzling reputation. ...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 26, 2014

The reputation of Beaumes-de-Venise hails from it sweet wines. But the red wines from Beaumes-de-Venise were recently...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 25, 2014

Nero d’Avola, a grape indigenous to Sicily, has the potential to set the wine world on fire because it is capable of...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 25, 2014

Ruché, an obscure grape native to Piedmont, thrives and, dare I say, achieves greatness, in the DOCG zone of Castagnole...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 25, 2014

In 1979, Riccardo Cotarella, one of Italy’s greatest winemakers, along with his brother, Renzo, founded Falesco, a winery...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 19, 2014

What does it really mean when a label touts a wine as being made from “old vines?” (This would be rendered as...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 7, 2014

The seductive combination of suaveness and depth is what accounts for the popularity, and hence, price of wines from...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 7, 2014

Jadot’s Savigny-lès-Beaune and their Pernand-Vergelesses lend powerful support to France’s focus on...

by Michael Apstein | Nov 7, 2014

The 2011 vintage for red Burgundies will always be overshadowed on a vintage by the rich 2009 and racy 2010. But the...