W. Blake Gray, Author at Wine Review Online

Georges DuBoeuf, Powerlifter

by W. Blake Gray | January 11, 2012

Georges DuBoeuf tastes 200 wines a day, almost every day. I stand in awe of this and asked how he...

by W. Blake Gray | December 31, 2011

Otium Cellars Loudoun County (Virginia) Dornfelder 2009 ($22) I gave this wine 93 points when I tasted it. I hate...

by W. Blake Gray | October 19, 2011

Barone Ricasoli’s wines are a delicious argument for the superiority of the feudal system. In the 1500s, the Ricasoli family...

by W. Blake Gray | June 29, 2011

One of Burgundy’s most important winemakers, Jacques Lardiere, said something to me over lunch not long ago that you would...

by W. Blake Gray | June 1, 2011

Most of you will never taste a wine from Luxembourg. The country has just 3100 acres of vines, about the...

by W. Blake Gray | May 4, 2011

In the 1970s, when California wine was trending toward agribusiness, Phil LaRocca approached enology professors at UC Davis and Fresno...

by W. Blake Gray | December 29, 2010

I confess, I didn’t vote for Chateau Ste. Michelle‘s $9 Riesling when it won Wine of the Year at the...

by W. Blake Gray | November 15, 2010

I’m kind of the mascot here at Wine Review Online. Unlike my colleagues, I’ve only been writing about wine professionally...

by W. Blake Gray | May 4, 2010

The 2008 Burgundies are like the athletic sister of the prom queen. All over France, wineries are hailing 2009 as...

by W. Blake Gray | December 29, 2009

[We’ll be running our contributors’ picks for the best wine performances for 2009 on a dialy basis through the end...

by W. Blake Gray | November 20, 2009

Aging jester Randall Grahm has hung around the wine world long enough to be recognized for his lifetime achievements. The...

by W. Blake Gray | October 20, 2009

For wine lovers, Ravenswood has become something of a Yogi Berra line: "Nobody drinks that anymore. It’s too popular." The...