Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
Profile: Domaine Château de Gevrey-Chambertin (Gevrey)
August 2012: The owner of the Château de Gevrey-Chambertin, Elisabeth Masson-Mitéran, died in November 2011 and her heirs subsequently decidide to sell. It is now ‘official‘ that the Château has been sold to Chinese investors. Ordinarily this might cause a few mutterings, but the temperature has been raised… Read More
jadot vosne-romanée 1er petits monts 02 plus vosne pics…
Louis Jadot Vosne-Romanée 1er 2002 Petits Monts As I opened a Vosne, I have an excuse to add a few photos (below) from a promenade of sorts I made in the village last week. As you can see, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair’s ‘I’m the only crane in the village’ crown has gone… Read More
The 2006’s of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (1)
The Wonder that is Domaine Romanée-Conti By Bruce Palling An edited version of this report appears on The Economist’s More Intelligent Life website. When it comes to getting an accurate picture of our individual knowledge, perhaps the quickest way to nail down our context would be to… Read More
plans for lunch?
If you are feeling peckish, let me suggest this small gala dinner offering: Dish: Creme brulee of foie gras with Tonga beansWine: 1990 Louis Roederer Cristal Tartare of Kobe beef with Imperial Beluga caviar and Belons oyster1995 Krug Clos du Mesnil Mousseline of pattes rouges crayfish with… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! These wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between November 2005 and March 2006… Corkwatch: 3 from 66 = 4.5% for ‘corked’ REGIONAL WINES 2002 Domaine de l’Abbeye du Petit Quincy, Bourgogne Epineuil Cuvée Juliette A… Read More