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 1, 2013
6-Pack prices in Swiss Francs, delivered to my cellar. You know, I finally realised it was time to get my credit card dirty. The Jadot Chardonnay from yesterday apart (and I suppose a couple of bottles of Kiwi when I was over there in February), I haven’t bought any wine this year – none! Of-course there will be ‘standing-order’ cases to pick-up and pay for from the usually suspects in Burgundy, but this is my first in 2013. Despite all the hullabaloo, 2012 (as you can see) is not particularly more expensive than previous vintages – unless you only want Griotte or Cros Parantoux etcetera, in which case you will most certainly be fleeced…
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By billn on April 22, 2013
Just a few things to have caught my eye: Unaffordable wine And rather emphasising that point! Add a dash of said, unaffordable whites. I thought this guy (Brian Moore’s brother?) was freestyle rapping at first – sadly not – but could anyway be interesting… Enjoy…
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By billn on March 15, 2013
Yet again, an ‘authenticity problem’ with wines being sold @christiesinc this time at the Henry Tang auction: wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopi… — bill nanson (@billnanson) 15. März 2013
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By billn on March 6, 2013
The alert: Tribute to a wine hero: David Clark of Morey St Denis is handing in his secateurs saferbfc.com/m/viticulture/… — Jasper Morris (@justjasper) 6. März 2013 The confirmation: And the low-down from David himself here. I’m having lunch with him in less than 2 weeks, but am not planning to buy his domaine
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By billn on January 30, 2013
A couple of news stories: Most important for Burgundy, is the news that it won’t achieve its desired aim to have Unesco World Heritage Staus – not this year anyway. It seems some of the rules were changed and a country could only submit one ‘entry’ per category – that meant that Champagne also missed out. This means that at least one more year of shaking everybody’s hands is required, though France already has 37 ‘things’ with such ‘status’. (More here…) Will Lyons picks out some of his favourite domaines from the 2011 vintage – though (Remi Rollin excepted) none in the Côte de Beaune – no restraint in his recommendation of the vintage.
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By billn on December 4, 2012
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2011 – Puligny-Montrachet (En Primeur) Bourgogne 2011 75cl 34.00 Swiss Francs Puligny-Montrachet 2011 75cl 59.00 PREMIERS CRUS Puligny-Montrachet Les Clavoillons 2011 75cl 79.50 Meursault Sous Le Dos d’Âne 2011 75cl 89.50 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2011 75cl 129.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes 2011 75cl 138.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 2011 75cl 158.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 2011 150cl 321.00 GRANDS CRUS Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2011 75cl 259.00 Batard Montrachet 2011 75cl 279.00 Chevalier-Montrachet 2011 75cl 348.00 Other than a couple of Francs more for the Combettes and the Pucelles, the prices are the same as were offered for the 2010s, and (Grand Crus excepted which took a jump in 2010) virtually the same as 2009…
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By billn on November 23, 2012
Here. EDIT: Published today (24th) – perhaps it’s the Carla effect
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By billn on November 19, 2012
Picture from the organisers. The official statement from the organisers. For what it is worth, I think the prices underline the expected quality of what was harvested, but more-so the quantity that was actually harvested, given that 2012′s lowest yields were seen in the Côte de Beaune. Whilst I personally felt Anthony Hanson’s pre-sale hyperbole about 2005 levels of quality too much, here is his post-sale assessment: “Many records were broken at the 152nd Hospices de Beaune auction. Star cuvées among the red wines included (with average price per barrel and percentage increase compared with 2011): Clos de la Roche, Cuvée Georges Kritter €55,667 (without premium +94.2%) and Mazis-Chambertin, Cuvée Madeleine Collignon at €38,318 (without premium +57.7%). Thanks to a recent generous donation, a new [....]
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By billn on October 18, 2012
…symbolic of femininity and also the transmission of know-how from woman to woman, to design a unique jeroboam wine label as well as a custom made piece of furniture… Beauty will be in the eye of the beholder!
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By billn on October 10, 2012
VILLAGES BLANCS 2011 BOURGOGNE Chardonnay 75cl 20.00 (Swiss francs) MEURSAULT 75cl 39.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 75cl 42.00 PREMIERS CRUS BLANCS 2010 MEURSAULT Les Genevrières 75cl 79.00 (68.00) MEURSAULT Les Perrières 75cl 79.00 (69.00) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Clos de La Mouchère 75cl 72.00 (68.00) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Caillerets 75cl 75.00 (69.00) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Pucelles 75cl 78.00 (72.00) GRANDS CRUS BLANCS 2010 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 75cl 99.50 (98.00) CRIOTS BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 168.00 (159.00) BIENVENUES BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 189.00 (178.00) BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 249.00 (235.00) CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET 75cl 359.00 (349.00) MONTRACHET 75cl 448.00 (399.00) VILLAGE & PREMIERS CRUS ROUGES 2010 VOLNAY 75cl 39.00 VOLNAY Les Caillerets 75cl 69.00 (66.00) POMMARD Les Rugiens 75cl 69.00 GRANDS CRUS ROUGES 2010 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 105.00 (98.00) BONNES MARES 75cl 169.00 (159.00) CHAMBERTIN 75cl 169.00 (159.00) 2011 [....]
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By billn on September 16, 2012
This is good news for those idealists who view wine investment as fundamentally parasitical and inflationary… Andrew Jefford @ Decanter That’ll be me then! [Archived]
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