Tasted in the Clos de Vougeot, during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, 22 March 2016. This is always a tasting to look forward to, the only problem is the queue to get into the Chateau du Clos de Vougeot, due to the big Vosne tasting at the same time –… Read More

Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Christophe Chauvel, 19 November, 2015. Albert Bichot 6 Boulevard Jacques Copeau 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 37 37 www.bourgogne-bichot.com Christophe on 2015: “2015 – We have the perception of good quality, though the volume was less appreciated. Read More

Tasted in the Château Hurigny, 02 November 2015. I normally visit the producers of the ‘Vignerons, Artisans of South Burgundy‘ in April or May, but an opportunity arose for me to get a few of them together in one place – the Château de Hurigny. Read More

 The gate into the Clos des Perrières AOC Meursault Producer map of Meursault-Perrières Vertical of Albert Grivault’s Clos des Perrières 2017-1928 Officially, this is Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières, though you might also see labels where the… Read More

I guess, when so spread-out through many, many separate visit reports, it may not have been easy for subscribers to string together my general enthusiasm for 2013 Rully blancs – but for me it became a theme of quite some consistency when tasting these vintage whites – much more… Read More

Tasted 26th March with all the vignerons listed below, in Viré and Milly-Lamartine. Like last year, the core of my visits in the Mâcon remains the formidable collection of producers who operate under the banner of the Artisans-Vignerons. They should never be considered as the ‘average’ for… Read More

All tasted in the Clos de Vougeot, 16th March 2015. Every second year, in the year where there is no Grands Jours de Bourgogne, there is this Trilogie tasting. This year it was held in the Château de Clos de Vougeot on the 16th March, and producers from the following… Read More

Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 13th November, 2014. Once more, ‘Bravo!’ to the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for this tasting. The format was the same as last year for the 12s, except that there was one extra hour available for tasting – I used all-but 15 minutes of that extra hour… Read More