Michael Franz, Author at Wine Review Online

Viña Jaraba: Possibly the World’s Highest Value Producer, and Certainly an Exemplar on a Warming Planet

by Michael Franz | November 12, 2025

La Mancha is not only the largest wine region in Spain, but the most extensive across all of Europe. Despite...

by Michael Franz | August 27, 2025

In any category that includes lots of different things, those falling in the middle often get overlooked, simply because they...

by Michael Franz | July 16, 2025

Virtually everyone who knows anything about American wine knows that Oregon’s Willamette Valley has turned out to be a gold...

by Michael Franz | June 25, 2025

Enjoying wine is easy for almost everyone, provided they are open to trying wine in the first place and can...

by Michael Franz | May 28, 2025

I love Pinot Noir and have long loved renditions of it from Oregon’s Willamette Valley. I had not been there...

by Michael Franz | April 23, 2025

My strong sense is that most American wine lovers and trade members know Tuscan wines predominantly within three categories: The...

by Michael Franz | March 26, 2025

I’ve been working in multiple capacities related to wine for three decades, and I can’t remember a time when nearly...

by Michael Franz | February 19, 2025

Everybody who has tried to learn about wine has learned it is humbling in its complexity. Those who try for...

by Michael Franz | January 29, 2025

Everybody who cares about wine knows that sales have dipped recently, and among the possible causes that have been hypothesized,...

by Michael Franz | January 18, 2025

I’m coming to the end of a challenging stretch during 2024, but to be clear, anybody with a job like...

by Michael Franz | December 19, 2024

My last overseas trip prior to the pandemic shut-down was a wine-intensive vacation to Chile. There were many highlights, and...

by Michael Franz | October 30, 2024

On behalf of all our contributors, I’m delighted to welcome you for a first look around Wine Review Online after...