Michael Franz, Author at Wine Review Online

Pipeline Report: Bastien Tardieu on 2009 and 2010 Rhônes

by Michael Franz | April 27, 2011

With Bordeaux wines from the widely-heralded 2009 vintage now hitting our shores, it is natural enough that the gaze of...

by Michael Franz | April 20, 2011

In my 18 years of writing about wine, the best question ever put to me remains one sent by a...

by Michael Franz | April 13, 2011

Although the economic climate has improved marginally during recent months, most of us remain far more cost-conscious than we were...

by Michael Franz | April 6, 2011

As one of the volunteers peered down the line of Platinum Award winning wines immediately after the conclusion of last...

by Michael Franz | March 16, 2011

If you love wine with food, you know already that Italian reds are indispensable at the table–whether or not the...

by Michael Franz | March 9, 2011

Both of our columns in this week’s issue are devoted to rare, ultra-expensive wines, so it seems prudent for me...

by Michael Franz | February 16, 2011

My column from last month offered a general overview of recent vintages from the appellations of Bordeaux’s Right Bank, but...

by Michael Franz | January 19, 2011

If you will be able to scrape a little cash together–either now or during the next 18 months–you’ll have a...

by Michael Franz | December 30, 2010

Much of my wine writing during 2010 focused on France’s northern Rhône valley, first while writing that chapter for DK...

by Michael Franz | November 25, 2010

I’m guessing that in the wake of Thanksgiving dinner you may be thinking of lighter fare for this weekend? Certainly...

by Michael Franz | November 24, 2010

I’m posting this column in the week of Thanksgiving, which is the one week during the year when food pairing...

by Michael Franz | November 1, 2010

At the risk of sounding jaded, I get to taste delicious wines all the time. However, it is relatively rare...