Georges Mugneret-Gibourg – 2021
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Marie-Christine Mugneret, 03 October 2022. Domaine Georges Mugneret Gibourg 5, rue des Communes 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 57 www.mugneret-gibourg.com More reports with Domaine Georges Mugneret Gibourg The new chambre d’hôtes of the domaine were practically ready for guests when I visited, so… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
Georges Mugneret-Gibourg – 2020
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Marie-Christine Mugneret, 15 November 2021. Domaine Georges Mugneret Gibourg 5, rue des Communes 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 57 www.mugneret-gibourg.com More reports with Domaine Georges Mugneret Gibourg There was plenty of building… Read More
Well, it was too quiet today – 2021 part 2
Savigny Vergelesses today, looking towards Corton I got quite a mailbag when I made my first post of (semi) unsubstantiated rumours and the peddling of idle chit-chat, so thought I’d update you on some of those, and add a few more, to finish this… Read More
Well, it was too quiet today!
Let me know if you’re shocked at such unsubstantiated drivel in these pages or whether you’d like to see much more 🙂 I’ve been storing up the rumours and other ‘non-announced’ changes for some time, so why not let’s run through a few of them – I can only get… Read More
Profile: Domaine du Clos des Poulettes
Tasted in Corgoloin with Hélène Michaut, 13 March 2020. Domaine du Clos des Poulettes 103 grande rue 21700 Corgoloin Tel: +33 3 80 62 98 02 www.poulette.fr With a few name changes – some more modest than others – here is a… Read More
July’s Burgundy Report
For those who need their fix of Mugnier, de Vogüé, Faiveley, Rossignol-Trapet and Lamarche – plus some newly bottled Chablis – a mix of 2018 and 2017 wines, red and white, the July Burgundy Report has, for a few days, been online for subscribers… Enjoy! Share… Read More
catching up with the empty bottles…
Before I left for Piedmonte, I’d accumulated a lovely set of wines – I would/should say an exceptional group of wines. Where I can remember something, or indeed took a few crafty notes, a few words follow about them:… Read More
Echézeaux – 2017
It’s not every day you get to taste more than 2 or 3 grand crus together, certainly not grand crus from Vosne-Romanée – okay, from Flagey-Echézeaux! This was an important tasting for me, because versus ‘the average,’ my tastings in November and December indicated that Echézeaux was one of… Read More