Wines tasted in the village of Chardonnay – 25 May 2017 – otherwise known as ‘Chardonnay Day‘ Venue: Cave du Chardonnay, Route d’Uchizy, 71700 Chardonnay To start, my notes from a presentation made by Emmanuel Nonain About 7,000 hectolitres of Mâcon-Chardonnay is produced each year by… Read More

Tasted in the Mâconnais, 7 April 2017. My, now, traditional trip to taste a selection of wines from the Artisans Vignerons de Bourgogne du Sud – almost certainly the greatest ensemble of producers from the Mâconnais – this time looking at their 2015 vintage. Read More

Tasted in the Château Hurigny, 02 November 2015. I normally visit the producers of the ‘Vignerons, Artisans of South Burgundy‘ in April or May, but an opportunity arose for me to get a few of them together in one place – the Château de Hurigny. Read More

Tasted 26th March with all the vignerons listed below, in Viré and Milly-Lamartine. Like last year, the core of my visits in the Mâcon remains the formidable collection of producers who operate under the banner of the Artisans-Vignerons. They should never be considered as the ‘average’ for… Read More

Speed-dating – Mâcon-style. Wines tasted in the Mâconnais 22 May, 2014. I’ve been pretty critical of the 2012 white vintage in the Mâconnais. It’s full and it’s concentrated but it’s also largely lacking in acidity and the energy that this acidity brings. I’ve previously written that a smaller number of… Read More

All these 2012 wines were tasted in Beaune, 19 March, 2014. I have to say that this was an unexpectedly arduous task. To save your pain, and indeed, extra pain for me, I produced 1 ‘average’ tasting note that covers the majority of these wines. Of-course I will give you… Read More

If you want to buy white Burgundy from 2012, and there are brilliant wines out there, then the simple question is ‘how to find them?’ Here is my rough guide; though don’t for a moment forget that it reflects what I look for in white Burgundy – tension, acidity and… Read More