Shaking hands in Burgundy
Well, here we are. Burgundy, in the dead of winter. People are busy working in the vineyards, mainly burning clippings. Things are a bit more chilly than they seemed looking at Bill’s photos from my home in California. Suprisingly, our daughter has adjusted quite well to Burgundy at the ripe… 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 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
vincent girardin 2005 santenay les charmes + various
2005 Vincent Girardin, Santenay Les Charmes Medium-plus ruby-red colour. The nose started blocky with a little dark oak and roasted dark fruit – a little uncouth – but five minutes in the glass and it is transformed with very pretty flashes of red and black fruits. Read More
Tasting 112×2006 in bottle
112 wines from the 2006 vintage tasted over 8 days, plus one interloping 2005 – 80% were poured by their makers. Clearly for the vast majority of these I did not drink the whole bottle, otherwise the powers that be would have already rejected the need for a pointless… Read More
offer of the day…
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2007 – Puligny-Montrachet PULIGNY-MONTRACHET 75cl 69.50 Swiss francs PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Clavoillons 75cl 98.00 MEURSAULT Sous le Dos d’Âne 75cl 99.50 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Folatières 75cl 139.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Combettes 75cl 139.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Pucelles 75cl 169.00 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET Les Pucelles 150cl 343.00 BIENVENUES… Read More
A Vintage Viewpoint
2008 Well the worry is over and quite a number of vignerons can feel happy. Those that do, have two things to thank: tireless vineyard work (spraying, spraying and spraying again against rot) and the sunshine weather of the last two weeks of September. Equivalent cold and wet conditions… Read More
offer of the day…
More joke prices for me to ‘pass-on’: Bonneau du Martray [Almost doubled in 5 years!]: Corton Charlemagne 2006 CHF 149.– Domaine Leflaive [Plus a modest 50% in 5 years]: Bourgogne 2006 CHF 46.– Puligny Montrachet 2006 CHF 75.– Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon 2006 CHF… Read More
tasting lunches: the table of domaine pierre bourée
From the third weekend in March, until the third weekend in November there is a new place in Gevrey-Chambertin where you can enjoy food with a selection of domaine wines. Just like Olivier Leflaive’s place in Puligny-Montrachet, those anti-fashionistas at Domaine Pierre Bourée now offer a choice of… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! Normally this is a compendium of wines that, in the main, are really drunk with food, friends and family, but I would say about two thirds of this issue’s are from tastings, all though between December 2007 and March 2008. A higher incidence of corked… Read More