No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More

I think I was possibly the first to publicly raise and discuss the ‘vintage character’ of 2004 reds – anecdotally whites are also affected – Christophe Roumier is one who says this – but I’ve not experienced any obvious examples, so from here-on, red it is…… Read More

Domaine des Croix is still ‘on the way’ to being settled. The major rennovations to the domaine that should have been completed by the 2007 harvest look like they should finally be complete for the 2008 harvest! It’s been a tougher time than anticipated for the manager David… Read More

‘Only’ 83 wines for you in this list – I was too busy to drink! From memory only one corked bottle… Regional Wines 2005 Bertagna, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes  Medium, medium-plus cherry red. Frankly I don’t like the nose – it’s quite… Read More

Once upon a time, nearly 1,000 years ago… a terrible famine struck the area and people of Morey. They were already wine-makers, but had little to feed themselves – no cows, just a few chickens. At that time the forest of Cîteaux was close by and, on the other side… Read More

No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between March and August 2007. There main exception in these pages are that the majority of the 1997’s were tasted at a large gathering in Beaune in… Read More

Main Profile: Domaine Comte Liger-Belair Here. The first ‘herald’ that you are arriving in Vosne-Romanée, at least for the last weeks, has been the long-distance sighting of a large yellow construction crane – sprouting from somewhere in the centre of the village. Like following a rainbow to… Read More

Written by: David Lester Lying on the table of the guest house at Domaine Anne Gros is a copy of Clive Coates’ “The Wines and Domaines of France” dedicated by the author with: “To Dear Anne, who makes the best Richebourg!”; who could possibly argue with that? Instead… Read More