A French négoce house decides to label their Burgundies with varietal indication. A Saint-Aubin Chardonnay is bottled – under Stelvin – and a small earthquake occurs in Burgundy when thousands of dead growers start rotating in their graves. Less successful is their Saint-Aubin Chardonnay sur Gamay, which is deemed “somewhat confusing” by notable Burgundy commentator Clive Coates.

Some classic predictions for 2009 from Doug