Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Tenuta La Massa, Toscana Rosso IGT (Tuscany, Italy) 2020

by Michael Apstein | Sep 3, 2024

With Giorgio Primo, Giampaolo Motta, the owner of La Massa, shows that Bordeaux varieties do well in Tuscany outside of...

by Michael Apstein | Sep 3, 2024

The A & M Bonnie family has expanded from their homebase at Château Malartic Lagravière, a leading estate...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 31, 2024

Mont Bessay’s Quatre Cerisiers bottling comes from a small, 1.75-acre, plot some distance from the winery where the...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 27, 2024

Like so many wines from Rioja, the juicy 2019 Crianza from El Coto, delivers more than the price suggests. As a...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 27, 2024

Trapiche has the luxury of selecting from over 200 different vineyards to produce their single vineyard wines. In...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 27, 2024

What’s fascinating to me is how much more interesting Trapiche’s single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 20, 2024

I have long felt that the Finger Lakes of northern New York makes this country’s best dry Riesling. What I...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 20, 2024

Founded in Rioja over a hundred years ago and focused on wines from there, Ramón Bilbao expanded to Rueda and built...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 20, 2024

Albariño and Rías Baixas are practically synonymous. Yes, there is a little other white wine produced...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 20, 2024

What a difference between varietal Sauvignon Blanc and the taste that grape imparts to the wine depending on where it is...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 20, 2024

Oh no, another South American Chardonnay. Well, it turns out that DiamAndes’ is not just another South...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 14, 2024

Wines from Alsace are labeled by grape, not place, which makes them unique among top quality AOC (appellation origine...