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

Tasted in Couches with Jean-Claude Royet, 26th February 2015. Domaine Royet Combereau 71470 Couches Tel: +33 3 85 49 64 01 www.domaine-royet.com “I’m really the last vines and vigneron of the Chalonnaise – over the hill is the Morvan and Charolais” says Jean-Claude Royet… Read More

Tasted in Saint-Denis de Vaux with Sylvie and Vincent Joussier, 26th February 2015. Domaine de l’Evêché Place Eveché 71640 Saint-Denis de Vaux Tel: +33 3 85 44 30 43 www.domainedeleveche.com Domaine de L’Evêché has almost 13 hectares of vines, of which three hectares are… Read More

Tasted in Aluze with Alain Hasard, 26th February 2015. Domaine Alain Hasard Les Champs de l’Abbaye 9 rue des Roches Pendantes 71510 Aluze Tel: +33 3 85 45 59 32 Alain Hasard was originally a caviste, sommelier and psychologist; “I really came to wine from… Read More

Tasted in Rully with Chloé Friedmann, 25th February 2015. Maison Louis Picamelot 12 Place de la Croix Blanche 71150 Rully Tel: +33 3 85 87 13 60 www.louispicamelot.com Whilst ‘mousseux’ was common across much of Burgundy in the early 1900s – it was even possible… Read More

Tasted in Montagny with Françoise Feuillat-Juillot, 24th February 2015 Domaine Feuillat-Juillot Route de Montorge 71390 Montagny-les-Buxy Tel: +33 3 85 92 03 71 www.feuillat-juillot.com Françoise Feuillat-Juillot is a one-woman, Montagny whirlwind, enthusiastically pointing to the hillsides around her domaine and extolling “Montagny is a 350… Read More

Tasted in Buxy with Alain Pierre, 24th February 2015. Caves des Vignerons de Buxy Les Vignes de la Croix 71390 Buxy Tel: +33 3 85 92 03 03 www.vigneronsdebuxy.fr Here is a Coop with 270 members, stretching from Santenay in the north, to the border… Read More

Tasted in Mercurey with Julien Bordet, 12th February 2015. Domaine Faiveley Domaine de la Framboisière 1 grande rue 71640 Mercurey www.domaine-faiveley.com Domaines Faiveley have 72 hectares in the Côte Chalonnaise; the majority is in Mercurey, 55 hectares, but they also have 5 in Montagny, 5… Read More