Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Burgundy Collectors Will Find Best Values in Chablis

by Robert Whitley | August 19, 2008

The conventional wisdom has it that more or less 90 percent of all wines are consumed within 48 hours of...

by Robert Whitley | August 17, 2008

A reader named Stan recently wrote with an intriguing question that I’m certain has vexed a number of our WRO regulars,...

by Robert Whitley | August 6, 2008

This week Wine Review Online offers opinions on 40 new wines. The Reviews section is for subscribers only, so sign...

by Robert Whitley | August 5, 2008

Here we are less than a month from Labor Day and I’ve already taken an assignment to write about holiday...

by Robert Whitley | July 29, 2008

Just as all that glitters is not gold, all that bubbles is not Champagne. Sometimes that is a good thing....

by Robert Whitley | July 28, 2008

I remember taking lunch with Jim Carter, owner of the then-new South Coast Winery, several years ago. He stunned and...

by Robert Whitley | July 22, 2008

On my recent visit to the Napa Valley I was amused and dismayed by the story of a vineyard owner...

by Robert Whitley | July 22, 2008

Alternative packaging seems to be all the rage in the wine biz. Fueled, it seems, by the success of boxed wines...

by Robert Whitley | July 18, 2008

Long before the movie ‘Sideways’ made it hip to diss Merlot, the wine industry had its own jaundiced view of...

by Robert Whitley | July 16, 2008

Rules is rules. Just ask an Italian winemaker. Most wine producing regions of Italy have their own peculiar grape varieties, and guidelines...

by Robert Whitley | July 13, 2008

RUTHERFORD, Ca. — Down through the years I’ve enjoyed many vintages of Quintessa, one of the Napa Valley’s ultra-premium Cabernet...

by Robert Whitley | July 4, 2008

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Critics Challenge International Wine Competition is the commentary that flows from the...