Robert Whitley, Author at Wine Review Online

Bordeaux 2016: Graves & Pessac-Leognan

by Robert Whitley | April 19, 2017

Creators Syndicate BORDEAUX, France — The drumbeat for a great vintage has been mastered here in Bordeaux, and sometimes the...

Winemaker Challenge: Other Notable Winners

by Robert Whitley | February 9, 2017

The Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition, like most every wine competition, provides affirmation for wineries seeking to find out where...

Winemaker Challenge: V. Sattui, Banfi Shine

by Robert Whitley | February 3, 2017

The eighth annual Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition is in the books, and the two biggest winners were the...

Everything Old Is New Again

by Robert Whitley | February 1, 2017

Once upon a time, in quaint wine villages throughout Europe, it was only natural that villagers consumed the local wine....

Everything Old Is New Again

by Robert Whitley | January 25, 2017

Once upon a time, in quaint wine villages throughout Europe, it was only natural that villagers consumed the local wine....

Rethinking Beaujolais

by Robert Whitley | January 17, 2017

ROMANECHE-THORINS, France — Georges Duboeuf, now 83 years old, is old enough to remember when Beaujolais was the French wine...

Lenoble’s Champagne for the Ages

by Robert Whitley | December 20, 2016

DAMERY, France — When Armand-Raphael Graser moved from his native Alsace, France, to the Champagne region in 1915, World War...

American Rhône

by Robert Whitley | December 3, 2016

I am old enough to remember when Syrah was going to be the next big thing on the American wine...

Five Obscure Gems

by Robert Whitley | October 26, 2016

Even those with a mere casual interest in wine know the term "wine country" applies to Napa, California, Sonoma,...

Wine Pairing A Two-Way Street

by Robert Whitley | October 19, 2016

If you have even a passing interest in wine, you’ve no doubt heard that wine enhances the dining experience. Entire...

What’s In A Glass?

by Robert Whitley | August 31, 2016

To the casual observer, what’s in a wine glass is infinitely more important than the glass itself. To a large...

A Labor of Love

by Robert Whitley | August 24, 2016

The upcoming Labor Day weekend is the grillmeister’s annual swan song. In most parts of the country, the grill...