Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Living the Dream

by Robert Whitley | June 20, 2013

You could make a case that James MacPhail and Jeff Gaffner are two of California’s most important winemakers. There is...

by Robert Whitley | June 12, 2013

I remember a sidewalk cafe on a warm, humid summer day near the historic hotel Le Cep in Beaune, the...

by Robert Whitley | May 1, 2013

For the uninitiated, corkage is the fee a restaurant charges for the service it provides when a customer chooses to...

by Robert Whitley | April 23, 2013

Creators Syndicate There is a tendency among wine drinkers to be more forgiving in their evaluation of wines that cost...

by Robert Whitley | April 12, 2013

Wine enthusiasts of a certain age will remember when a bottle of Mateus or Lancers rose — both light, slightly...

by Robert Whitley | March 12, 2013

Creators Syndicate It isn’t often that I hand out a perfect score to one of the thousands of wine samples...

by Robert Whitley | March 10, 2013

Creators Syndicate Once upon a time in America, Bordeaux was the beverage of choice for sophisticated wine enthusiasts. Today, you...

by Robert Whitley | February 26, 2013

The still relatively small world of wine journalism has been atwitter lately over the future of wine criticism. There has...

by Robert Whitley | February 23, 2013

Critics Challenge celebrates its 10th anniversary in June with what is arguably the strongest team of judges in its history....

by Robert Whitley | February 12, 2013

Creators Syndicate It would seem the Italian renaissance in wine is old news. Antinori, Gaja, Banfi, and the wave of...

by Robert Whitley | February 5, 2013

Creators Syndicate Ever sit down in an unfamiliar restaurant and order a dish you don’t know and feel somewhat comforted...

by Robert Whitley | February 2, 2013

Creators Syndicate The wine blogosphere was all atwitter last week over a published report revealing three large wine companies —...