By billn on June 5, 2013
Jasper’s still making it thicker – in an electrical sense…! http://bbrblog.com/2013/06/04/inside-burgundy-cote-de-nuits/
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By billn on May 17, 2013
Domaine Ponsot is the first high-profile producer to adopt eProvenance’s second-generation technology, which provides a detailed history of the life of a case of wine. The sensor monitors the temperature and humidity of fine wines as they travel from the wine producer to the customer, and the information can be read on smartphones and tablets. Winesearcher Well, given the price of some producers’ wines, they can afford a physical presence too!
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By billn on May 3, 2013
Don’t you just love those phone calls? – Here. And, happily, this comes before we get to flowering: Picture from Caroline l’Estimé in Chassagne this afternoon Many roads around Beaune are flooded as we had heavy rain all night: 40 liters/m2 so far..& it’s not the end. twitter.com/cparentgros/st… — Caroline PARENT GROS (@cparentgros) 3. Mai 2013 Expecting to be cut off soon. Road to Savigny has washed away and not sure we can access the roads over the hills anymore. — Jasper Morris (@justjasper) 3. Mai 2013 This is meant to be my dry stone wall twitter.com/justjasper/sta… — Jasper Morris (@justjasper) 3. Mai 2013
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By billn on May 1, 2013
Following on from the post of ‘nine decades of domaine de la romanée-conti‘ there is this follow-up from Stuart George MW referring to the ‘too good to be true‘. It’s missing lots of info, like ‘when was the case bought from the domaine?’, ‘how many owners since then?’ etcetera, etcetera. But interesting nonetheless – I’d have liked to see a pic or two, also… Actually, I expect this 1937 was genuine from the perspective that it’s (probably) easy to make something young-looking, but to make something that experienced tasters think worthy of 101 points – well, that’s something else again, and rare enough from genuine bottles…! EDIT: A nice pic from Stuart: @billnanson Here’s a photo of the 1937. twitter.com/sdgeorge1974/s… — Stuart George (@sdgeorge1974) 1. [....]
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By billn on April 30, 2013
I was (very kindly!) invited to this event, but unfortunately couldn’t make the date, which saved me from the nitty-gritty conversation of what constitutes ‘an invite’ – a seat, or a seat I had pay for? Regardless; what a treat! Nine decades of Domaine Romanée-Conti in London, Part 1 and Part 2.
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By billn on April 29, 2013
Quite a big plug (not by me!) for Pierre Bourée…
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By billn on April 26, 2013
Ah, it’s a while since we had a video! Faiveley are producing a series of 4, and here is their first…
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By billn on March 28, 2013
A nice piece on winesearcher…
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By billn on March 27, 2013
Jurors were rigorously vetted by both teams of lawyers. One juror, Decanter.com understands, was dismissed because she said she was a librarian who had read books on wine, particularly a book about corks. Here.
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By billn on March 25, 2013
I laughed, and note, this Nicolas Rossignol is not actually anything to do with Rossignol-Trapet
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By billn on March 22, 2013
Pic stolen from soyouwanttobeasommelier.blogspot.de/ A guide to serving your young bottles, from Jean-Marc Fourrier. Thanks Levi! How many times have I told you that you needed to give them a big shake? It’s also Christophe Roumier’s preferred approach
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By billn on March 21, 2013
There’s plenty of hoopla now about ‘His Parkerness’ suing his former #1 son – it seems the disintegration of an old and relatively trusted brand; yet with new Asian ownership and a business plan (I assume they have a business plan!) that must have a strong focus towards the largely untapped Asian consumer, it probably matters not a jot to the management team. Of-course for armchair commentators it is the thing of dreams Over the last years, however, I think that CellarTracker has become a much more valuable tool when it comes to ‘what to drink?’ – as opposed to ‘what to buy?’. For example I considered I might like to open a bottle of Rousseau Chambertin this week, and given that I have a [....]
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