Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

V. Sattui Dazzles at Winemaker Challenge II

by Robert Whitley | February 1, 2011

By Robert Whitley Creators Syndicate It comes as no surprise that the Napa Valley winery, V. Sattui, has once again...

by Robert Whitley | January 25, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) This week you will find a wine in my Creators Syndicate Wine Talk...

by Robert Whitley | January 19, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate column this week.) I caught up this week with Rick Sayre, the longtime winemaker at Rodney...

by Robert Whitley | January 14, 2011

So there I am at lunch with winemaker Rick Sayre of Rodney Strong Vineyards and I’m going on about another...

by Robert Whitley | January 4, 2011

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate ‘Wine Talk’ column for this week.) Unlike many in the wine industry, I look back at...

by Robert Whitley | December 21, 2010

I must confess, I decided the 2010 Wine of the Year the moment I tasted it. It was late March...

by Robert Whitley | December 15, 2010

Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate column for this week. It seems like a day doesn’t go by without another breathless press...

by Robert Whitley | December 7, 2010

My inbox is full this time of year with queries from panicked holiday shoppers seeking guidance on a gift for...

by Robert Whitley | December 6, 2010

Unless you are a wine journalist or someone in the Italian wine trade, you probably don’t know (and may not...

by Robert Whitley | November 3, 2010

As the California wine grape harvest draws to a close, three to four weeks later than normal, one thing is...

by Robert Whitley | October 12, 2010

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) As a young wine enthusiast, sometime in the early 1970s,...

by Robert Whitley | October 6, 2010

(Robert Whitley’s Creators Syndicate Wine Talk column for this week.) Emily Richer didn’t arrive in the Napa Valley toting saddlebags...