Albert Morot was founded in 1820 as a négociant. In 1890 they purchased seven hectares of vines and also the buildings that they currently occupy on the route de Bouze. Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry became responsible for Domaine Albert Morot in 2000 when his aunt retired. The domaine was being… Read More

In March during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne I tasted a 2008 Beaune 1er from Domaine Pierre Labet and it struck me as one of the more interesting bottles, sufficiently so that I took the time to check a few texts when I got home. Only one had much to… Read More

The Château de Chorey is a (the) beautiful moated castle in Chorey-lès-Beaune, the family have been here since the end of the 19th century. Wine used to be made at the Château and then shipped to Beaune for storage – it wasn’t so convenient says Benoit Germain who is… Read More

Home for Domaine Chandon de Briailles is a beautiful house, set in equally beautiful gardens close to the centre of Savigny-lès-Beaune village. The house and its gardens were built between 1690 and 1705, and have long been admired; they are not just in the style of Versailles, they were actually… Read More

Sat about halfway up the hillside village of Pernand-Vergelesses is the domaine of Dubreil-Fontaine. Christine is the 5th generation of the family since 1879, to run the domaine from Pernand. At 20 hectares and producing 20 different cuvées that cover all the hierarchy – it’s no small operation. Other than… Read More

Most famous for their Bonnes-Mares and their ‘Clos Marion’, the family business of Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair was founded about 1979 when Jean-Louis Fougeray, the father of the current owners, a man who by day worked in administration and by night tending his vines, made his very first… 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

“You can please all the people, or you can make great wine” Eric Asimov Whilst that quote was in a quite different context, it could easily be applied to Domaine Ponsot; Laurent Ponsot likes to stretch the boundaries of what can be bottled to the extent that, despite the… Read More