By billn on January 15, 2012
Day 1 was pretty awful – less than 20m visibility – when you can’t tell up from down; that makes me nauseous, so I gave up. Saturday and Sunday, however, were picture perfect – if a tad cold. There was even some wine, but more of that tomorrow I think…
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By billn on November 12, 2011
When I left home on Wednesday, very early on Wednesday, the forecast promised a backdrop of sun and blue sky for the rest of the week – it seems with the same ‘hit-rate’ as we enjoyed over the harvest. Mist, mist and mist – not forgetting the faint rain – hardly that photogenic. On Friday it seemed more interesting to walk up into the woods above Corton than the vines. On some of the pics you might get a feel for the thicket of box-trees and oak, all covered in moss, only the wild boar pass through without problem, that-said the whole of the Bois du Corton is cris-crossed with pathways. The ground has many outcrops of flat limestone – that’s because the soil is [....]
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By billn on October 6, 2011
The last days of our indian summer are forecast so what better than to show some of our 2011 vendanges team a bit of Switzerland(?) Lake Thun and the Berner Oberland. There were also two nights of quality control checks on a number of bottles – more about those tomorrow Ciao!
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By billn on October 3, 2011
From Nuits and Seurre…
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By billn on October 2, 2011
A few pics in and around Meursault, Beaune and Premeaux…
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By billn on September 30, 2011
When I last drove to the Côtes – about 4-5 weeks ago – the sunflowers in the fields were just bowing their heads, now they are blackened and need harvesting. If the sunflowers have lost their beauty, to balance, the Côtes are resplendent; 26°C+ every day (for a few days already) and more to come. Frankly I’ve never seen the vines and scenery so picturesque – such a shame then that in the last two days I’ve had so little time for photos, but hopefully I can make amends tomorrow… Just a few snaps:
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By billn on September 13, 2011
Some would have you believe it to be an urban myth – though most often it’s seen silhouetted in front of the rising sun – but yesterday a pic from the window of the Château Clos Vougeot looking east. By Arnaud Orsel of the Chevaliers du Tastevin
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By billn on August 24, 2011
And completely burgundy free – I did, however, try a nice Picpoul. The sun can make such a difference – I didn’t see very much though!
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By billn on August 1, 2011
Saturday a.m. What an interesting weekend – it started with the fauna; rummaging around in the loft for a rucksack I spotted a old, small wasp’s nest – perhaps the size of a tennis ball. The former occupants had long-since left the nest but I was a little surprised because the nest was hanging from the central beam of the roof, normally they are in eaves of the… Ooops. Now that nest is a lot bigger – and fully occupied – the size of a football, but shaped like a rugby-ball. Time to quickly leave whilst still in-tact. Next steps for that can wait for another day! Okay, bags are packed and I’m heading for the main train station, last stop the mountains. I look [....]
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By billn on June 30, 2011
Well, I think I deserved it; forty domaines and almost 500 wines in the Spring Edition – in 24 hours over 8,000 visitors checked in to check it out – thanks to them! The summer issue will be a bit thinner on the wines tasted – but still over 300 I think, but will have more profiles. Not many notes around here but that’s not the same thing as keeping up-to-date We had visitors for a week, in the process managing to get through four or five bottles of Gilles Bouton’s St.Aubins, a couple of bottles (each) of 97 Bouchard Père Le Corton and 02 Jadot Vosne Petits Monts. Then there was a 08 Dubreuil-Fontaine Beaune Montrevenots and 97 Daniel Rion Nuits Vignes Rondes both [....]
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By billn on May 20, 2011
I said the weather would change! Light rain in Meursault on Thursday morning was followed by lunch in Pommard against the backdrop of a leaden sky to west. After an hour of rumbling and occasional flashes of lightening the clouds opened over Chassagne at about 4:00pm – heavy rain – it didn’t last too long though. There was a small amount of hail too, but they were quite small bullets – no problem I think. There were pockets of flowering around the Côtes this week, but just about everything should be in flower by the weekend – that’s at least three weeks ahead of ‘the average’. Vignerons are already pencilling-in 20-25th August to start their harvest! I’m hoping for a cool few weeks in the [....]
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By billn on May 19, 2011
Continuing the blue-sky theme, though that will change…
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