A thoughtful and in-depth article on the Clos de Tart by Andrew Jefford – it only took him 6 months since his tasting in September to publish it – but a welcome addition, nonetheless 😉

http://www.decanter.com/jefford-monday-tasting-history-297081/

Highly recommended – a super interview of Christophe Roumier by Steve Tanzer:

incredible perspective on the recent history of Burgundy from Christophe Roumier and @StephenTanzer1https://t.co/15IoQitgIx@vinousmedia

— Antonio Galloni (@AntonioGalloni) March 17, 2016

I see a few interesting videos here too from Sarah Marsh:

Burgundy Briefing: Winners and Losers on the Hill Of Gold. Who's profiting… the domaines? https://t.co/YnwHaasGRYpic.twitter.com/GluJLKlWHK

— Sarah Marsh MW (@TheEnglishNose) March 14, 2016

I just have to agree. Articles are not just made from the 3 books in front of you. If I similarly mess up, I hope that people will quickly put me on the straight and narrow…

With all due respect, the history of Pinot noir here is incorrect and reflects what was written in the early to second third of the 20th century. We now have historical proof that this grape was cultivated by the Romans 4th century (as discovered near Gevrey Chambertin in the last 5 years) from Burgundy to the Black Forest. It’s religious ties go way back before the Cistercian order was even created, it irks me that this type of information is held for fact when many new discoveries have been made since. The DNA research alone puts the grape in It’s indigenous regions way prior to the Roman invasions. Basing articles and courses on entirely out of date information is doing no service to the wine community.
Peter Wasserman
20 February

Actually, my pic! 12.06.2015

Adam Lechmere’s good q&a with Louis-Michel Liger-Belair in Wine-Searcher:
Here.

Louis-Michel perfectly encapsulates biodynamics for me in his description – it’s not about blind dogma following, rather being assiduous in what you do…

https://t.co/VJxN0nab8N

Okay, I’m afraid it has to be in a yukky ‘luxury’ section of the mainstream news, but mainstream news it is, and that’s a rarity. Given the pricing of the wine, this categorisation as a luxury can hardly be quibbled with. Personally I’d much prefer it to appear in a ‘culture’ section; because here is something quintessentially French and with more than 1000 years of history. So be it, but ‘luxury’ adds a certain intellectual ‘baggage’ which will prevent some people from even wanting to turn that page.

It’s the smallest of domaine thumbnails by Victoria Moore, but certainly given the probable word-count constraints (the terror, not the terroir) of modern writing, this is a very nice job indeed. Merci!

• New Zealand Pinot Noir producer to release a Gevrey-Chambertin…

• Not the Hosemaster’s finest hour, but Riedel’s action was a ‘PR disaster’ – as a result, I’ll happily revert to Zaltos!
  https://twitter.com/guyawoodward/status/630006263770955776

• Some semblance of wine chemistry…
  

• A longer watch, but interesting nonetheless…
  

A shocking tasting by Allen Meadows:

“1996 white burgundy, and in particular Ramonet though Niellon and Sauzet contributed, continues to disappoint as 8 of 9 bottles were premoxed and another one (1976 Leflaive “Clavoillon”) was corked as was one of the reds (1989 Roty Griotte). It was one of the bigger debacles that I have seen in a while.”

Like a cross between Gevrey-Chambertin and Red Bull?

Il fallait se lever tôt pour voir ce spectacle ! Colline de Corton entre soleil et brouillard @BLProds@aurel_ibpic.twitter.com/Hbn3Cpnn13

— Bourgogne Live (@BourgogneLive) August 2, 2015