Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Recession-Busting Gold Medal-Winning Wines!

by Robert Whitley | March 8, 2008

I’ve just completed my 15th year as Director of the Monterey Wine Competition in what has become my annual rite...

by Robert Whitley | March 7, 2008

Winemaker Reggie Hammond of Ventana Vineyards will be my guest today on the Whitley on Wine radio show, 2 p.m....

by Robert Whitley | March 4, 2008

My favorite moment in every wine competition comes during the “Sweepstakes.” That’s when all of the judges taste all of...

by Robert Whitley | March 3, 2008

Over the holidays I was pleasantly surprised to come across a great deal on a Riedel crystal decanter at Target....

by Robert Whitley | February 28, 2008

Immersed as I am in the first (Monterey) of the three big wine competitions I run, I’ve been thinking lately...

by Robert Whitley | February 26, 2008

You can listen to Dr. Apstein’s argument about improving Riesling labels to remove confusion over the sweetness level here. Michael...

by Robert Whitley | February 20, 2008

We are now in the midst of the wine competition season, so on any given wine-shopping spree you are likely...

by Robert Whitley | February 15, 2008

We’re mountain wines on Whitley on Wine, the radio show with guests Janet Myers and Matt Ashby, the winemaker and vineyard director,...

by Robert Whitley | February 14, 2008

With the euro soaring against the dollar and dedicated Francophiles fretting over the steep price of their favorite wines, a...

by Robert Whitley | February 12, 2008

One of my closest friends is a serial wine shopper. No matter what’s on his plate over the course of...

by Robert Whitley | February 8, 2008

It would be safe to say the Bundschu family was in on the beginning of California wine. They’ve seen it...

by Robert Whitley | February 6, 2008

I clearly struck a nerve when I wrote recently about ordering one wine while dining out and being served another....