Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Chianti Classico: A Perennial Favorite

by Michael Apstein | May 1, 2024

Tasting through hundreds of Chianti Classico wines from the 2020, 2021, and 2022 vintages over two days reminded me why...

by Michael Apstein | April 10, 2024

Let me get straight to the point. The 2019 vintage for Brunello di Montalcino is fabulous! I make this assessment...

by Michael Apstein | March 15, 2024

Let me cut directly to the chase, or rather, the bottom line: Buy as much of the 2022 Burgundies—both red...

by Michael Apstein | February 15, 2024

One of things I adore about wine is how it expresses Mother Nature. The same grape grown in adjacent vineyards...

by Michael Apstein | January 3, 2024

The wine world lost a giant last month. Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, the man who thrust California wine onto the world’s...

by Michael Apstein | October 25, 2023

No one wants to be second. Nobody strives to come in second. Second place is just not built-in to our...

by Michael Apstein | October 11, 2023

The Guigal family, the elder Marcel and his wife Bernadette, and their son Philippe and his wife Eve, have always...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2023

The French wine authorities, Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO), are notoriously rigid and immoveable. However, they...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2023

On the third Thursday of November the streets here in Beaune are getting ready to accommodate the crowds that will...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2023

The 2020 vintage in Burgundy, currently on the market, is the third hot—temperature wise—vintage in a row. It’s also a...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2023

Even a brief glance at on-line ads from wine retailers shows that Côte d’Or Burgundy has become prohibitively expensive for...

by Michael Apstein | September 21, 2023

Thirty-plus years ago, David Rosengarten’s and Joshua Wesson’s revolutionary book, Red Wine with Fish: The New Art of Matching Wine...