Tasted in Meursault with Vincent Sauvestre, 10 June 2015 Bejot Vins et Terroirs RD 974, BP 70003 21190, Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 45 www.bejot.com The family roots of this, one of the largest operations in Burgundy, go back to 1891, but frankly… Read More

Versus a generation ago – let us say 30 years – the market dynamics of traders who buy and sell wine have been far from static. The traditional Beaune-based merchants, or the ‘Maisons’ remain the focus of commentators but they have much more competition today, and at all levels… Read More

 Tasted blind in Zürich, 01 June 2015, with the crew of Vinifera-Mundi. Our subject was ‘Chablis Grand Cru’. I’d brought an interesting older white for pre-tasting drinks, but somehow it was incorporated into the tasting as a ‘pirate’ – it wasn’t the only one. Overall, I came… Read More

I cleverly thought this ready for publishing and so didn’t have the key to the identities to reveal which bottles are which at the publishing time. I need 48 more hours to return to my Beaune office – oops! Sorry! EDIT: Now Fixed! I have quickly established Irancy as… Read More

Tasted in Pierreclos with Aurélien Thevenet, 23rd April 2015. Earl Thevenet 123 Chemin de Breu 71960 Pierreclos Domaine since grandfather with 3 hectares and a nursery, father took over building. To 24 ha and bottling. Now three brothers with 32 ha. We meet in the domaine’s impressive… Read More

Tasted in Ozenay with Jean-Luc Lavaille, 22nd April 2015. Château de Messey 71700 Ozenay Tel: +33 3 85 51 33 83 www.chateaudemessey.com This producer is part of a group owned by the same family which also includes Domaine Belleville in Rully (with 28 hectares) and 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 in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet and Jean Pierre Rodet, 31st March 2015. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr Philippe Bardet was always a useful contact when he ran the Louis Max… Read More

Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Alice Rion, 27th March 2015. Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion 8 route Nationale 21700, Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 05 31 www.domainerion.fr Since 1896, five generations of Rions have worked at this Vosne-Romanée domaine. Of-course there are many Rions and… Read More