13th september – charlemagne
Let’s start with a great harvest report. We can then follow that piece with the Domaine de la Vougeraie diary, it just about avoids the corporate edge, and it’s full of interesting detail, each installment better than the last: 3rd September 4th September… Read More
Gevrey-Chambertin: Village Profile
This page: A village profile – Page 2: An a-z of grand crus – Page 3: An a-z of 1er crus Head south from Dijon, and the urban sprawl begins to make-way for vineyards in the area of Chênove. Very soon, and on your right-hand side, you… Read More
The Spring 2007 Round-Up
This is hardly a real page – more of an index really – but there would have been far too much content for a single page given the (annually) wider coverage of new wines: 2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2005 Albert Bichot Portfolio – lookout for some Domaine… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were typically drunk at home, or at organised dinners between December 2006 and March 2007. Some wines drunk with their producers are included… Read More
a new manager at domaine bertagna
Christophe Vial is the new estate manager at Domaine Bertagna in Vougeot, he will be assisted by the new vineyard manager Arnaud Lecoeur and cellarman Denis Rozat. For the last five years, Christophe Vial was cellar-master at Domaine de Montille in Volnay. He now takes over from Claire… Read More
Vendanges update
As promised, here is the link to the daily update on the Domaine de la Vougeraie site. Firefox users seem to have a problem with the site, only a purple screen awaits, but Bill Gates will provide the solution if you crank-up your old internet explorer! Super reports… Read More
count-down to the weekend
The word is that there’s a lot of botrytis around – the weather has been good, but the humidity has been on the high side. Many domaines have already started in the Côte de Beaune and the rest will go full force in the Côte de Nuits at the weekend… Read More
Random ruminations…
2000 reds: I’ve long been happy enough with the performance of the Côte de Nuits reds from 2000, though many of those initially delicious Côte de Beaunes soon turned up their noses and became quite unpalatable. Whilst they are a long way from regaining that early joie-de vivre,… Read More
Profile: Maison Boisset Jean-Claude (Nuits)
Boisset – La Famile des Grands Vins & Spiritueux With an annual turnover in excess of €200 million, and fingers in many piles, the Boisset company is about as big as you will find in Burgundy, though actually it’s not just Burgundy; other regions of France and even the US… Read More