Met Vincent Dancer last evening at Justerini’s 08 Burg tasting at The Institute of Civil Engineers Building, Westminster.

Whilst enjoying his excellent wines & for me, maybe surprisingly, his Meursault Corbins made the biggest impression of his 4 whites on offer (BB, Corbins, C-M Tete du Clos and Meursault Perrieres) I mentioned how impressed I’ve always been by his blog photos. I was intrigued by what camera he uses and asking him was amazed when he reached around to his jacket hanging on a chair behind him and pulled out a well used & very small looking Panasonic Lumix. I say amazed as whilst I believe the Lumix range is very strong, and dont know what model Vincent’s was (it certainly wasn’t newish), I’d always thought he might have a semi professional SLR set up but not a bit of it. He smiled at my surprise and made a gesture to his pocket and comment as to how useful a small digital camera was dan les vignes, cuverie, out and about etc ! I’m now all the more impressed. He comes across as a super guy and his wine are pretty damn good as well. Not sure what Jancis Robinson next to us made of our chat on photography and which also covered a shared love of the Tete du Clos and La Romanee terroirs from the nature perspective including likes of sparrow hawks, other birds, and wildlife in the wooded parts.

Oh, I also got the Faively email despite never having bought from them . My reaction was rather different – one of just wishing I had the cash, mouth watering at all the wines !!!