the return of the mark! arlaud vendange diary day 1
Arlaud Vendange Day 1, Saturday 24th Sept 2016 Bonjour Bill et tout le monde. J’arrive sur la Cote Friday evening after leaving my North West England home for Dover circa 2.15 a.m Friday morning. J’a une petite probleme avec ma voiture on the Autoroute about an hour from Dijon when… Read More
the return of the mark: part last…
ARLAUD VENDANGE, Wednesday, 24th September 2014 By now I was really wondering just when we were going to finish as there seemed to be no sign. I was acutely conscious my Channel ferry back to the UK was booked for Friday lunchtime, delaying was not an option, and I was… Read More
Puligny-Montrachet: Village Profile
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
2019 White Burgundy – Part 2
Part 1: 2019 Mâconnais – Sept 2020 Part 2: 2019 Côte d’Or – Oct 2020 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2021 02 April 2019 – before the frost… What about the 2019 whites? Delicious, sensuous, tactile wines… 2019 is a year… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 11-Sep-20 – day 9 – post-script!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – (Post) Vendange Day 9, Friday 11th Sept 2020 The morning after the night before ! Whilst our working vendange was now over, as I’ve mentioned previously it has been my habit in recent years to look to stay on in Burgundy… Read More
so, what’s happening in Burgundy in this ‘lock-down’ world?
Wine is still a business – it’s simply an agriculture business – the work in the vines waits for neither man nor woman, so to that extent, it’s essential and ongoing. Last week from the Beaujolais, you can read the thoughts of a number of local wine-business luminaries –… Read More
2017 White Burgundy Report
Lest we forget, 2017 was a year where French wine production was dominated by frost – by the skin of its teeth the Côte d’Or was mainly spared – there were some low-lying Bourgognes and parts of St.Aubin and St.Romain that froze, but quite unlike the widespread frost of 2016. Read More
marko’s 2018 vendange – le wrap-up…
Arlaud (Post) Vendange Conclusions, Friday 14th September 2018 – Sunday 16th September 2018 As my Paulee note concluded I slept a sleep of the very tired, up late, ageing vendangeur on Thurs night/Friday morning, shocking myself, as a normally very light sleeper, by only coming ‘to’ circa 7.00 a.m. to… Read More
marko’s vendanges paulée…
Arlaud Vendange Day 11, Evening Paulee, Thursday 13th September 2018 I know its now ‘way after the event’ but something wants to make me finish my vendange diary completely. Ok, guess, in ‘pure’ vendange terms, my Day 11 words have finished ‘that’ diary but for me the ‘whole’… Read More
