Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Léoville-Poyferré: Another Super Second?

by Michael Apstein | February 21, 2021

A vertical tasting of 15 vintages of Château Léoville Poyferré paired with food at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C....

by Michael Apstein | February 21, 2021

Part of my enthusiasm for wine, and I’m sure other’s as well, is that the character of the wine is,...

by Michael Apstein | January 27, 2021

If this keeps up, the French will need to stop complaining about bureaucratic delays. In just two years, the Institut...

by Michael Apstein | January 14, 2021

I love Sauternes, but rarely drink that sweet wine. One reason is that the classic combination of foie gras and...

by Michael Apstein | January 6, 2021

Changes abound at Merry Edwards Winery, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir producers. In 2019, Louis Roederer, the Champagne house,...

by Michael Apstein | January 1, 2021

“Officer, the Breathalyzer must be wrong. I only drank two glasses of Chardonnay,” the young woman complained. “How is that...

by Michael Apstein | December 11, 2020

At this time of the year, people can be understandably fearful of giving wine to their wine-loving or worse, wine-geek,...

by Michael Apstein | November 26, 2020

With the release of a trio of 2017 Gran Selezione wines, Castello di Fonterutoli is leading the way, showing the...

by Michael Apstein | November 15, 2020

All hospitals have a Director. But only one — Les Hospices de Beaune — has a Director of Winemaking. (As...

by Michael Apstein | November 11, 2020

Simple economics explains why the wine from Burgundy, or Bourgogne, as the French would now like us to call it,...

by Michael Apstein | November 11, 2020

The Nazis were responsible for the lack of Premier Cru vineyards in Pouilly-Fuissé. As Frédéric Burrier, the head of the...

by Michael Apstein | October 7, 2020

One definition of rogue is “something out of the ordinary.” It is fitting, then, that the Naumes Family Winery is...