No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were typically drunk at home, or at organised dinners between December 2006 and March 2007. Some wines drunk with their producers are included… Read More

It’s still Chassagne to most people, but to give it its fuller, grander title, we should say Chassagne-Montrachet. Head up the ‘Rue Principal’ and you see before you a village dominated by the bare rock of the quarry that towers behind it. Take the sign for the village centre and… Read More

At the core of the white-wine-centric Côte de Beaune are Meursault & Puligny-Montrachet. Sadly for Chassagne-Montrachet and St.Aubin, and despite the quality of their wines – the former’s grand crus included – those two villages are often relegated to the afterthoughts of consumers. Meursault was, for generations, the most sought-after… Read More