Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Let’s Copy the French

by Michael Apstein | April 11, 2008

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, then we should flatter the French. Not by copying their wines, but...

by Michael Apstein | March 12, 2008

I have ongoing discussions regarding wine pricing with Michael Franz, my friend and colleague here at WRO. He believes that...

by Michael Apstein | March 5, 2008

Pouilly-Fuissé is poised to become the next ‘hot’ area for white Burgundy. It’s quite a step up for this area,...

by Michael Apstein | February 12, 2008

It is often difficult for American consumers, who are accustomed to varietal labeling, to understand and the see the virtue...

by Michael Apstein | January 12, 2008

Wine service in restaurants, even many that carry one of the Wine Spectator‘s awards for superior wine lists, seems to...

by Michael Apstein | December 19, 2007

Tasting and talking with Janet Trefethen, who along with her husband, John, and their family, owns Trefethen Vineyards, illustrates how...

by Michael Apstein | November 19, 2007

The 2005 red Burgundies are extraordinary. The vintage will stand alongside other great ones in Burgundy for reds, such as...

by Michael Apstein | October 23, 2007

One of the mysteries of Murcia, a province in southeastern Spain that is unknown to most North American wine lovers,...

by Michael Apstein | September 8, 2007

Dismissed by many in Spain as a region suited only to producing bulk wine, Bierzo is poised to become one...

by Michael Apstein | July 31, 2007

Although you hear it all the time, the claim that ‘This wine is great to drink now, but will also...

by Michael Apstein | July 5, 2007

One of the paradoxes of the wine world is the discrepancy between wine writers’ and consumers’ love for Riesling. Wine...

by Michael Apstein | May 15, 2007

Every wine producer I met on my recent trip to Australia wanted to discuss regional diversity of Australian wines. They...