Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Ramblings from the Wine Trail

by Robert Whitley | September 9, 2009

A wine journalist’s work is never done. There are tastings and travel, travel and tastings, tastings and more tastings, until...

by Robert Whitley | September 1, 2009

This week’s wine reviews (to be posted Wednesday) are chock full of recommendations for modestly priced white wines that will enable you...

by Robert Whitley | August 25, 2009

There are a number of theories about the meteoric rise of pinot noir as the beverage of choice among many...

by Robert Whitley | August 20, 2009

Seems like everyone’s taking the opportunity in these last few weeks of summer to cram in a column about white...

by Robert Whitley | August 19, 2009

I may not be your average American football fan. I don’t spend my autumn weekends camped in front of the...

by Robert Whitley | August 17, 2009

I’m puzzled. A report in the Orlando Sentinel explains menu changes and price reductions at Ruth’s Chris steak houses across...

by Robert Whitley | August 11, 2009

Over the years I’ve come to admire a number of grape varieties that I will charitably describe as out of...

by Robert Whitley | August 6, 2009

Call me crazy, but I’ve recently launched a new wine competition, my fourth. I know, there are too many wine...

by Robert Whitley | August 4, 2009

ALZONNE, France — The final leg of my summer’s journey through the wine world takes me to a renovated farming...

by Robert Whitley | August 3, 2009

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — I have only checked into the Maria Cristina a few minutes ago and am already bellied...

by Robert Whitley | July 8, 2009

It’s not every day that I sit down to a mountain of wines for tasting and evaluation and get up...

by Robert Whitley | July 1, 2009

Today is a big day at Wine Review Online because it marks the "official" debut of our wine club in...