Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Chablis Short List

by Michael Apstein | May 3, 2012

One of my goals for Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne, a weeklong series of tastings held in Burgundy every two...

by Michael Apstein | April 4, 2012

Chablis has a long history of being misunderstood. The appropriation of this regulated site-specific name to generic white California jug...

by Michael Apstein | March 8, 2012

Is it hype or is it true? Do 2009 and 2010 represent back-to-back great vintages for Burgundy or is it...

by Michael Apstein | February 8, 2012

They’re here! The much-praised 2009 Bordeaux, the region’s priciest vintage, has arrived. Representatives from the Union des Grands Crus de...

by Michael Apstein | December 14, 2011

Champagne must not have gotten the memo about the French appellation controllée (AOC) laws. They have their own regulations–after all,...

by Michael Apstein | December 4, 2011

“We had to leapfrog the sanctions,” explained Simon Barlow, the affable owner of Rustenberg Wines in Stellenbosch, South Africa, as...

by Michael Apstein | November 16, 2011

“People can’t find Sardinia on a map,” complained Valentina Argiolas, a member of the family that owns Sardinia’s leading winery. ...

by Michael Apstein | October 19, 2011

Despite the economic turmoil, wine consumption in the United States continues to increase. Up only a mere one percent in...

by Michael Apstein | October 3, 2011

Although Olivier Krug, Krug’s House Director, and Maggie Henriquez, Krug’s President and CEO, both deny it, Krug is the best...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2011

Burgundy produces some of the world’s most exciting wines. Although many, such as those from Domaine Romanée Conti, Domaine Leroy,...

by Michael Apstein | July 27, 2011

Six centuries after Philippe the Bold exiled the “vile and noxious” Gamay grape from Burgundy in favor of the “elegant”...

by Michael Apstein | June 29, 2011

In all the great wine producing areas of the world it is an article of faith that where the grapes...