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by Marguerite Thomas | Feb 23, 2022

Merry Edwards, Russian River Valley (California) Pinot Noir Tobias Glen 2005 ($100): I’m sure it’s a...

by Miranda Franco | Feb 9, 2022

There’s no movie (that I am aware of) glamorizing Grenache the way Miles romanticized Pinot Noir in Sideways. ...

by Michael Apstein | Jan 21, 2022

Siepi, a single vineyard blend of roughly equal amounts of Sangiovese and Merlot, is a true Super Tuscan wine. The...

by Michael Franz | Dec 24, 2021

Note: 2021 has been--at best--a challenging year for everyone, and those of us with Wine Review Online are no...

by Miranda Franco | Nov 26, 2021

Rioja is typically at the forefront of Spanish wine understanding and sales. However, I'd like to cast the net further...

by Michael Franz | Nov 17, 2021

The one thing I know about you for sure is that you read wine websites, and that gives me very good odds of being correct about...

by Marguerite Thomas | Oct 27, 2021

You would be hard pressed, I think, to find a more delicious Pinot Grigio than this one anywhere. In fact, Alois...

by Miranda Franco | Sep 22, 2021

The Napa Valley wine industry is rich with winemakers producing premium Cabernet Sauvignon as economics continue to drive the...

by Michael Franz | Sep 16, 2021

It is with great pleasure that I write to welcome Christy Frank to the ranks of WRO wine columnists. As you’ll...

by Michael Apstein | Aug 18, 2021

The 2017 vintage represents the 40th anniversary of I Sodi di S. Niccolò, a truly iconic Italian wine. It was...

by Rebecca Murphy | Aug 10, 2021

Milla Handley graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Fermentation Science in 1975. She moved to the Anderson Valley in...

The Tannat grape, a notoriously robust variety whose origins lie in the rugged mountainous region between France and Spain, has...