Michael Franz, Author at Wine Review Online

Visit a World Class Winery While Near DC? Yes…Linden Vineyards

by Michael Franz | February 21, 2021

Wineries are popular places to visit, but the reasons for this aren’t immediately obvious. Growing grapes and making wine are...

by Michael Franz | February 18, 2021

As many readers of Wine Review Online are aware from the sad notice I posted in this web site’s blog...

by Michael Franz | February 7, 2021

We are saddened to report that Robert Whitley, publisher of Wine Review Online, passed away on February 3 after a...

by Michael Franz | January 30, 2021

For many years while I was working as wine columnist for The Washington Post, I conducted a live, online question-and-answer...

by Michael Franz | November 29, 2020

As luck would have it, I’m finishing this column and posting it on the USA’s Thanksgiving Day in 2020, a...

by Michael Franz | November 29, 2020

There’s a saying that, “if you hang around long enough, you’ll see almost everything,” and that’s coming true regarding wine...

by Michael Franz | September 16, 2020

Please join me in welcoming Norm Roby as a Columnist to WRO. Many of our readers may remember Norm most...

by Michael Franz | September 9, 2020

Please join me in welcoming John Anderson as a regular columnist to Wine Review Online. Although I’ve been aware...

by Michael Franz | September 9, 2020

Many wine lovers are well acquainted with the world’s most famous wine classification: Le classement de 1855, which set a...

by Michael Franz | September 9, 2020

Almost everyone whom I tell about my work as a wine writer, restaurant consultant, wine educator, and wine competition judge...

by Michael Franz | August 12, 2020

For the first decade of my work as a wine writer, I probably devoted more columns in The Washington Post...

by Michael Franz | August 12, 2020

For the first decade of my work as a wine writer, I probably devoted more columns in The Washington Post...