Michael Apstein, Columnist, WineReviewOnLine.com;
Boston, MA
Michael Apstein is a free-lance wine writer who
has written over 300 columns for The Boston Globe.
He is a founding columnist for the website,
winereviewonline.com. He received a James Beard
Foundation Journalism Award in 2000 and was
nominated again in 2004 and 2006.
He is a regular guest commentator on Whitley on
Wine, a radio show based in San Diego and broadcast
nationally.
Since 1980, his wine articles have appeared in a
variety of local and national magazines and
newspapers, including The San Francisco Chronicle,
The Wine News, Boston Magazine, Sante Magazine, The
Boston Phoenix, News West, The Southampton Press
(Southampton, NY) and a physician’s website,
PraxisPost.com. He was the wine writer for the Grand
Diplome Cooking Course Yearbook from 1981 until
1985.
He is a well-respected wine educator who taught
at the Boston Center for Adult Education for 20
years. Bon Appetit magazine chose him as one of five
instructors nationwide whose “focused classes
closely examine a specific wine producing region or
wine style.” He has conducted numerous tastings and
seminars for organizations, including the Radisson
Cruise Line, the Boston Wine Festival, the Nantucket
Wine Festival, The Boston Wine Expo, The Elizabeth
Bishop Wine Resource Center at Boston University,
The Providence Wine Festival, and the Society of
Wine Educators.
Dr. Apstein judges frequently at national and
international wine competitions including the
Critics Challenge Wine Competition, the LA County
Fair, the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, The
Old Ebbitt Grill International Wine for Oysters
competition, and the Concours St. Marc in
Chateauneuf du Pape.
Dr. Apstein is an Assistant Professor of Medicine
at Harvard Medical School and a member of the
Division of Gastroenterology at the Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center. He lectures and writes
frequently about wine and health.
Michael Apstein
Columnist
WineReviewOnLine.com
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