Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

The Temperature of Wine

by Robert Whitley | May 21, 2011

One of the most enduring myths of wine appreciation is the quaint notion of room temperature. If you have even...

by Robert Whitley | May 6, 2011

It has been years, decades actually, since I experienced a Georgia summer. I remember the boiling sun by day and...

by Robert Whitley | April 29, 2011

News that Jess Jackson had died shortly before Easter at the age of 81 hardly came as a surprise. It...

by Robert Whitley | March 24, 2011

From time to time someone will ask me to predict the next big thing in wine, as if I would...

by Robert Whitley | March 23, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) It started after I posted an innocent comment on my...

by Robert Whitley | March 19, 2011

The 28th annual San Diego International Wine Competition is just around the corner and we’re locking in the judges who...

by Robert Whitley | March 15, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) Family Winemakers of California is an organization of small wineries...

by Robert Whitley | March 8, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) Over its 18 years, the annual Monterey Wine Competition has...

by Robert Whitley | March 5, 2011

At its most basic level, the pleasure in a glass of wine depends upon the wine. Nothing you can do...

by Robert Whitley | February 25, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) Despite a recent report indicating wine consumers are beginning to...

by Robert Whitley | February 15, 2011

I must confess I have an affection for the wines of the Languedoc. Not the ubiquitous Vin d’Pays wines that...

by Robert Whitley | February 7, 2011

Robert Whitley Creators Syndicate After more than 20 years of wine suggestions for Valentine’s Day, it occurs to me –...