Rebecca Murphy, Author at Wine Review Online

Navigating the Intricacies of Wine Competitions

by Rebecca Murphy | July 24, 2024

For most people, a wine competition is a mysterious source of the medals they encounter on the wines they buy...

by Rebecca Murphy | May 31, 2024

A recent article about formal wine education by journalist, Tim Atkin MW, made me think about my career in wine. ...

by Rebecca Murphy | March 15, 2024

A recent webinar I attended featuring Tannat wines from Uruguay, hosted by Peter Granoff, MS. It brought back fond memories...

by Rebecca Murphy | December 22, 2023

Anne Bousquet, Co-owner of Domaine Bousquet in Argentina, visited Texas a few weeks ago. I was excited to meet her,...

by Rebecca Murphy | November 1, 2023

My husband and I recently returned from visiting wineries in Sicily. I am fortunate to have visited the vinous island...

by Rebecca Murphy | September 7, 2023

As our plane flew over the Collio wine region I noted a pattern of shrubs and forested areas along with...

by Rebecca Murphy | May 3, 2023

The movie Wine Country directed by and starring Amy Poehler is a girlfriend’s weekend romp through Napa Valley. Of course,...

by Rebecca Murphy | March 1, 2023

What does it take for a family-owned winery created 174 years ago in Australia to be successful in 2023? Yalumba...

by Rebecca Murphy | January 5, 2023

Although I have been working with wine for more years than I choose to calculate, I find that there is...

by Rebecca Murphy | October 20, 2022

I recently attended “Etna Days,” an international conference in Sicily, to learn more about the wines of Mount Etna. It...

by Rebecca Murphy | August 24, 2022

The wine country of Lake County is located in the California coastal range, north of Napa and Sonoma and east...

by Rebecca Murphy | June 24, 2022

The Italian wine grape Sangiovese grape is known by a laundry list of synonyms such as Brunello, Prugnolo, Grechetto Rosso,...