Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

It’s not a Gambal…It Works

by Michael Apstein | January 11, 2019

The newly established Gambal-Work partnership in the Sta. Rita Hills of California has just released their first wines, a pair...

by Michael Apstein | November 8, 2018

With apologies to Bob Dylan, “The Times They are A-Changing” in Chianti Classico. Three decades ago, producers were embracing the...

by Michael Apstein | October 11, 2018

“He made me an offer I couldn’t refuse,” quipped Hannes Myburgh, the 8th generation of the family that owns Meerlust,...

by Michael Apstein | September 19, 2018

Maison Louis Latour’s 2015 Domaine de Valmoissine Pinot Noir (IGP Var, $14) epitomizes the difficulty of assessing wines by assigning...

by Michael Apstein | September 12, 2018

Although the Romans cultivated Ribolla Gialla and the Venetians supposedly used the wine made from it to settle debts, I...

by Michael Apstein | August 15, 2018

Lamberto Frescobaldi, tieless in a casual sports jacket, has a down-to-earth demeanor and a twinkle in his eye that belies...

by Michael Apstein | July 18, 2018

With apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson, rosé to the left of us, rosé to the right of us, rosé in...

by Michael Apstein | July 2, 2018

Geantet-Pansiot, Bourgogne Rouge, “Pinot Fin,” 2015 ($30 – 45): Pinot Fin is a clone of Pinot Noir that produces smaller...

by Michael Apstein | June 20, 2018

At the end of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, which was held this year in Beijing, I sat amazed at...

by Michael Apstein | May 24, 2018

The cru system–as in Grand or Premier Cru Burgundy or the cru of Beaujolais–has reached Muscadet. The growers there are...

by Michael Apstein | April 26, 2018

Having tasted the 2015 Burgundies now that they have been bottled and are on retailers’ shelves, I can confirm my...

by Michael Apstein | April 19, 2018

Usually it is perfect weather during the growing season that results in exceptional wines. Think 2005, 2009 or 2015 in...