By billn on January 27, 2012
Vins blancs PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Combettes 75cl 66.00 Swiss Francs MEURSAULT Perrières 75cl 99.00 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 75cl 129.00 CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET 75cl 209.00 MONTRACHET 75cl 399.00 Vins rouges BEAUNE Champs-Pimonts 75cl 29.80 VOLNAY Santenots 75cl 56.00 VOLNAY Clos des Santenots 75cl 69.50 CORTON Bressandes 75cl 109.00 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 118.00 CHAMBERTIN 75cl 179.00 ECHEZEAUX 75cl 179.00 MUSIGNY 75cl 249.00 Historical pricing (2009-2007) you can see here. It’s a strange combination of almost okay prices (Puligny, Volnay, Beaune) plus overly optimistic prices: but who am I to criticise if they sell(?)
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By billn on December 21, 2011
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By billn on December 7, 2011
A heart-felt piece here. I always think wtf (sorry…) when I hear of Spain being an ‘up-and-coming’ wine-region; I mean, how lazy is that? It simply suggests to me that I can’t trust what the writer is going to type next. Ryan’s Catavino piece (above) simply paints a picture of a region (sorry, country) with wine-styles so diverse that people around the world haven’t the basic knowledge to buy a Spanish wine, and that’s clearly not helped by producers that have clutched in desperation at every available style, process and presentation. The essential problem is that people think of Spanish wine as an entity, and while you might also hear the phrase ‘French wine’, buyers of French wine are usually buying Burgundy or Bordeaux (or [....]
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By billn on November 21, 2011
Click on the image to get a (slightly) better view. Domaine Ballorin have had some good press but I’ve no first-hand experience of the wines. It seems surprising, but the domaine seem to be having a ‘fire-sale’ – no they weren’t on fire – (at least I don’t think they were!). The only information I have is that ‘all the 2009s must go‘ I can’t be Morey for the sale next weekend, but maybe some of you can… (if you can’t quite read the email address, it’s domaineballorin@orange.fr)
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By billn on November 21, 2011
For those that are interested; some a little up, some a little down…
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By billn on November 20, 2011
First the polemic: what value have the established wine-press versus the ‘blogosphere’? And just for the record I hate the word blog, so blogosphere hardly floats my boat either – web-based journalism seems a better description – if it wasn’t so ‘wordy’ and self-important…! Anyway, I’d seen that there was to be a press tasting of the Gevrey 2010 vintage in Beaune to coincide with the weekend of the Hospices auction; I immediately asked if it would be possible to get a place; eventually I received an email from the Syndicat Viticole de Gevrey-Chambertin asking me to register and also enquiring who I would be writing for. I turned up on the day (Friday 18th November) and I was on the list! There were three [....]
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By billn on November 17, 2011
It’s true – landing in China round about now…
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By billn on October 28, 2011
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2010 – Puligny-Montrachet (En Primeur) BOURGOGNE 2010 75cl 34.00 (2009 – 35.00) Swiss Francs PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2010 75cl 59.00 (59.50) PREMIERS CRUS PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Clavoillons 2010 75cl 79.50 (84.00) MEURSAULT Sous le Dos d’Âne 2010 75cl 89.50 (89.50) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Folatières 2010 75cl 129.00 (118.00) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Combettes 2010 75cl 129.00 (118.00) PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Pucelles 2010 75cl 155.00 (148.00) GRANDS CRUS BIENVENUES BATARD MONTRACHET 2010 75cl 259.00 (228.00) BATARD MONTRACHET 2010 75cl 279.00 (248.00) CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET 2010 75cl 345.00 (315.00) The 2009 prices are in brackets after the 2010 price. Despite a Swiss franc that’s currently 9% stronger versus the Euro than it was this time last year, there are ‘real’ 10% increases at 1er and GC level – let’s call that a net 20% [....]
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By billn on October 6, 2011
Although Beaujolais producers have had the right label their wines Burgundy since 1937, it has long been a source of dispute between the two regions. Burgundy wine makers have been campaigning for tighter restrictions, particularly with the production of white wine. Decanter News BUrgundy and Beajolais continue their legal separation: Beaujolais (the former ‘Rhone’ part) has not counted as a ‘part’ of Burgundy for a couple of years now; yet the confusion continues. If they wanted a halfway-house, then why not (only) Bourgogne-Gamay(?) Of-course it works for the reds, but then there is still the problem of the whites… Essentially, the solution is simple; Beaujolais is part of Burgundy so can use the label Bourgogne X, or it is not part of Burgundy so will [....]
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By billn on September 21, 2011
VILLAGES BLANCS 2010 BOURGOGNE Chardonnay 75cl 20.00 (Swiss francs) CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 75cl 38.00 MEURSAULT 75cl 39.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 75cl 42.00 PREMIERS CRUS BLANCS 2010 MEURSAULT Les Genevrières 75cl 68.00 MEURSAULT Les Perrières 75cl 69.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Clos de La Mouchère 75cl 68.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Caillerets 75cl 69.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Pucelles 75cl 72.00 GRANDS CRUS BLANCS 2010 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 75cl 98.00 CRIOTS BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 159.00 BIENVENUES BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 178.00 BÂTARD MONTRACHET 75cl 235.00 CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET 75cl 349.00 MONTRACHET 75cl 399.00 VILLAGE & PREMIERS CRUS ROUGES 2010 VOLNAY 75cl 39.00 VOLNAY Les Fremiets 75cl 55.00 VOLNAY Les Caillerets 75cl 66.00 POMMARD Les Rugiens 75cl 69.00 GRANDS CRUS ROUGES 2010 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 98.00 BONNES MARES 75cl 159.00 CHAMBERTIN 75cl 159.00 Concern is bubbling about the potential for even [....]
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By billn on August 30, 2011
DOMAINE BERTRAND AMBROISE 2010 CÔTE DE NUITS VILLAGES 2010 75cl 18.00 (Swiss francs) NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2010 75cl 29.00 VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2010 75cl 38.00 NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Vaucrains 2010 75cl 46.00 CORTON Le Rognet Grand Cru 2010 75cl 65.00 CORTON Le Rognet Grand Cru 2010 150cl 135.00 CLOS DE VOUGEOT Grand Cru 2010 75cl 79.00 To my Swiss franc eyes, these don’t look like bad prices but I haven’t yet become used to the ‘franc fort’ – I suppose they don’t look so good in GBP/Euro. That said, I’ve never bought the wines…
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By billn on August 24, 2011
No, it’s not April the 1st! A large exercise that could be compared to pissing into the wind. That said, why not, Pommard is unfairly overlooked in the market so why not build up a bit of interest, although I don’t think Aubert Lefas (of Domaine Lejeune) comparing themselves to those grand cru paragons – the Clos de Vougeot or Corton – is the height of overselling [Archive]
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