Michael Franz, Author at Wine Review Online

Fine Wine–In Your Backyard

by Michael Franz | March 12, 2014

While judging some excellent wines for the Virginia Governor’s Cup wine competition a couple of weeks ago, it struck me...

by Michael Franz | January 15, 2014

The holidays are over. Belts have been loosened, but the masses are heading to the gym in droves. By contrast,...

by Michael Franz | January 1, 2014

Wine writers are almost always intent upon breaking good news rather than bad. We’re all about the great new vintage...

by Michael Franz | September 24, 2013

Vines have been cultivated for winemaking for thousands of years, so we’ve already identified all of the world’s potentially great...

by Michael Franz | September 4, 2013

Barolo is the greatest wine of Italy, in my considered opinion, and once again this summer, I made a pilgrimage...

by Michael Franz | July 14, 2013

I’m grateful rather than gloating when saying this, but nevertheless: I’ll bet that however good your Friday night may have...

by Michael Franz | July 10, 2013

Speaking candidly, I love to travel. One of the best things about my long love affair with wine is that...

by Michael Franz | June 28, 2013

Lovers of the great Nebbiolo-based wines of Barolo and Barbaresco have never had it so good. And I mean never. ...

by Michael Franz | May 22, 2013

Fontanafredda is a marvelously-situated property in the Barolo commune of Serralunga, initially purchased in 1858 by the King of Italy...

by Michael Franz | March 26, 2013

I opened a column here on WRO earlier this year with the observation that wine temperature is a crucial factor...

by Michael Franz | February 13, 2013

When I last paid a visit to the famous Burgundy house of Faiveley, the year was 2007 and things were...

by Michael Franz | January 21, 2013

Which country is the world’s most rapidly improving wine producer? The answer is South Africa, as I argued last week...