Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Mas de Daumas Gassac, IGP Pays d’Hérault (Languedoc, France) 2011

by Michael Apstein | Mar 13, 2013

Mas de Daumas Gassac, dubbed the Lafite of the Languedoc by France’s prestigious Gault et Millau guide in 1982, has been...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 12, 2013

Rinaldi is one of Barolo’s great traditional producers, whose wines develop magnificently with proper cellaring (I had a...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 12, 2013

With only a 7.5-acre estate, this small producer focuses on and is justifiably well known for their Barbaresco. ...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 12, 2013

Although the Terrasses du Larzac, one of the best subregions of the Coteaux du Languedoc, has not yet gained official...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 12, 2013

Domaine Jean-David is a small 40-acre domaine located in Seguret, one of the 18 villages that make more distinctive wine and...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 12, 2013

Alvaro Palacios is one of the stars of Priorat, an area in Catalonia that he helped reinvigorate in the early 1990s. ...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 10, 2013

Some winemakers manage to get Zinfandel right. Morgan Twain-Peterson, the driving force and winemaker of the Bedrock Wine...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 7, 2013

Treading the grapes by foot “is fundamental for making Vintage Port,” insists Natasha Bridge, the chief blender at...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 6, 2013

Susana Balbo, one of Argentina great winemakers, has put together an easy-to-recommend wine by blending a small amount of Malbec...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 6, 2013

Thanks goes to Christy Canterbury, MW, who suggested I try this wine at a recent tasting. It’s an incredible bargain...

by Michael Apstein | Mar 1, 2013

An incredible value, this $15 Syrah manages to combine the attractive slightly beefy and the ripe plumy components that Syrah...

by Michael Apstein | Feb 28, 2013

Showing more complexity and depth than Faiveley’s village Mercurey, this wine validates the French system of vineyard...