Japan may not be the first country that comes to mind when thinking of wine, but wine has been made (albeit in small quantities)...
Discovering Japanese Wine: A Beginner’s Guide
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Is Voon Sustainable? Tale of a Virtual Winery
Evan Anderson has done something enviable – create a California winery from scratch, one that makes very good varietal...
What Is It About Tuscany?
Tuscany as a region seems to have entered the psyche of Americans and refused to leave. There are so many factors which...
Deceptively Soft Spoken Zind-Humbrecht: Looking Back to the Fine 2016s
Readers should keep in mind that, too often, consumers drink fine whites of Alsace too young. Looking back to a vintage...
Superb Sparklers from Northern Italy’s TrentoDoc
Nestled against the stunning backdrop of the Dolomite mountains lies TrentoDoc, a picturesque wine region in northern...
How I Got Here: My Education in Wine
A recent article about formal wine education by journalist, Tim Atkin MW, made me think about my career in wine. He wrote...
The Palouse: A Unique Terroir
"The region is unique….Let the observer take the wings of the morning to the uttermost parts of the earth: He will...
In Vino Veritas Continued: Can Big Lies Win?
In May of 2020, early on during the COVID shut down, in a fun little Zoom meeting series with my siblings we called...
What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: The Ole Professor Waxes Philosophical
Some of you have asked why The Ole Professor only writes about wines he has bought for himself—and drunk (usually over...
The Distinctive and Very Fine Wines of Crete
Climate change is often accused of driving European winegrowing northward – see the increasing success of England’s...
Ed McCarthy: An Appreciation
Our friend and long-time Wine Review Online contributor Ed McCarthy passed away on May 2, which we note with sadness and in...
The 16th Annual Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition Platinum Award Winners
As Competition Director, it falls to me to select judges for the Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition, which is a...