Round-up of wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between mid-December 2009 and mid-April 2010. Regional Wines (7) Villages Wines (11) Premier Cru Wines (25) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL WINES 2005 David Clark, Bourgogne Au Pelson… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2009 and mid-December 2009. Regional Wines (8) Villages Wines (19) Premier Cru Wines (28) Grand Cru Wines (17) REGIONAL WINES 2007 Albert Bichot, Bourgogne Vieilles Vignes… Read More
harvest 2009 – monday 14th sept
So much for the forecasters; brilliant blue sky at 8 a.m. The north wind is now a blustery cold wind, but keep to the sun and you are fine. It’s a quite morning – racking the Meursault of Saturday afternoon into barrels, but no new fruit before lunch. We decide… Read More
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: Lavaux Saint-Jacques 1er cru of Gevrey-Chambertin
Some say Lavaut, some say Lavaux, both are allowed. I prefer the latter, and it also seems the most common form. At just a shade over 9.53 hectares and with well over 30 owners, it is not really surprising that Lavaux St.Jacques, the biggest of the Gevrey 1er… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2008 and the end of March 2009. Just over 60 bottles are listed here, but there are another 219 dotted through this Spring Report that it didn’t make sense… Read More
Profile: Maison Champy (Beaune)
Maison Champy, founded in 1720, is, as far as I’m aware, the oldest documented négociant still trading. In their heyday, amongst the many prestigious appellations they owned or commercialised was the monopoly of the Clos de Tart in Morey St.Denis and the Montrachet holdings of the Marquis du… Read More
weekend dinner part 1…
Our weekend get-together, where I culled the notes for those super Remoissenet bottles, also included a ‘walk-round-tasting’ of bottles supplied by the attendees, followed (after a quick shower) by an evening dinner. Before we started dinner, I counted 21 bottles at our table – which sat 9 people… Read More
offer of the day – henry boillot 2007…
DOMAINE HENRI BOILLOT – millésime 2007 VILLAGES BLANCS MEURSAULT 2007 37,5cl 29.00 Swiss francs MEURSAULT 2007 75cl 54.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2007 37,5cl 30.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 2007 75cl 56.00 PREMIERS CRUS BLANCS MEURSAULT Les Charmes 2007 75cl 85.00 MEURSAULT Les Genevrières 2007 75cl… Read More