Michael Apstein, Author at Wine Review Online

Brunello di Montalcino 2013: The Virtue of Acidity

by Michael Apstein | February 28, 2018

If there was ever any doubt,–and, of course, there shouldn’t be–that Brunello di Montalcino is one of the world’s great...

by Michael Apstein | February 2, 2018

The wines from Bordeaux are definitely not the darlings of the breed of new-wave sommeliers whose wine lists are heavy...

by Michael Apstein | January 3, 2018

Readers might reasonably ask why I am writing about wines not available in the U.S. market from one the last...

by Michael Apstein | December 6, 2017

The Napa Valley Wine Auction (officially known as Auction Napa Valley), which started in 1981, bills itself as “the world’s...

by Michael Apstein | November 8, 2017

I never gave much thought to Grignolino, an obscure grape from Piedmont, until Marchesi Cattaneo Adorno Giustiniani poured one, a...

by Michael Apstein | October 12, 2017

The history of the official alphabet of stratification of Italian wines–VdT, IGT, DOC, or DOCG (Vino da Tavola, Indicazione Geografica...

by Michael Apstein | September 20, 2017

Our exceptional bus driver and guide, Matt Wentzell, assured us that he could make it up the steep twisty and...

by Michael Apstein | July 19, 2017

Soave, one of Italy’s great white wines, has an image problem, and, as a result, it gets no respect. Although...

by Michael Apstein | June 21, 2017

A recent tasting of Beaujolais reminded me of tasting wines from the Côte d’Or. Yes, you read that correctly–I am...

by Michael Apstein | May 24, 2017

When I told friends that I was going to Edmonton to taste and judge Canadian wines, the predictable response was,...

by Michael Apstein | May 24, 2017

When I told friends that I was going to Edmonton to taste and judge Canadian wines, the predictable response was,...

by Michael Apstein | May 4, 2017

BORDEAUX, France — This is the third and final installment of my series of columns on the exceptional 2016 vintage...