Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Burgundy Basics

by Robert Whitley | Oct 2, 2011

Once upon a time, Burgundy was the wine aficionados reached for when they visited their favorite wine merchant. Back in the day,...

by Robert Whitley | Oct 1, 2011

I have only two hard and fast rules when it comes to tasting wine. The first is never scoff. The second is that there are no...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 30, 2011

The wine writer Gerald Asher, whose column graced the pages of Gourmet over the course of several decades, recently penned a...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 23, 2011

The Sommelier Challenge International Wine Competition ended on a sweet note earlier this month in San Diego as the...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 23, 2011

Santenay is typically reliable in the good vintages, such as 2009. This village at the southern tip of the Cote de Beaune...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 21, 2011

It's not every day I would recommend a village wine from Burgundy's Cote de Beaune at this price, but the vintage was...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 19, 2011

The '09 is one of the friendliest Chorey's I've tasted from Drouhin. This wine is typically among the lightest and...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 15, 2011

Pritchard Hill is a place. It's just off the Silverado Hill in the Napa Valley and all of the wineries in the Pritchard...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 8, 2011

This is a decidedly bright, fresh, modern Rioja from one of the oldest, most important areas of the district. Vina Vaco is...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 6, 2011

Is there nothing winemaker Christian Roguenant can't do? When I first met Christian he was making sparkling wine for a now...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 6, 2011

Proprietors Richard and Claudia Smith are longtime Monterey County grape growers, and they've sold grapes over the years...

by Robert Whitley | Sep 2, 2011

Labor Day is fast approaching, and I can hardly wait to fire up the grill. Of course, that also means a trip to the wine locker...