Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
A tour de Moulin à Vent
Ch Moulin à Vent Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Our venue was the Château Moulin… Read More
A century of Moulin à Vent
Tasted in the Château Pizay, 12 October 2017. A press trip organised by the producers’ union of Moulin à Vent – a century of wines – that’s 100 wines, not 100 years! Despite my general reservations about ‘press trips’ this was perfectly executed with a small number… Read More
Moulin à Vent – 34 wines
A nice tasting of Moulin à Vent producers’ wines in the grounds of the Château Moulin à Vent. It was a hot day so the producers were fighting to keep their wines at a decent temperature, but it was still a good opportunity to meet some new producers… 2015 Domaine… Read More
5. Beaujolais – that you should buy!
My list is far from exhaustive, and of-course it reflects my palate and the visits and blind tastings that I’ve made so far. I’m looking for real fruit, not artificial carbonic fruit! But here you will find some really great wines, wines priced from too low to ambitious for the… Read More
2014 Blind Beaujolais Tasting
All tasted blind at ‘Interbeaujolais’ in Villefranche 25, 26 and 27 April 206. Virtually all the wines tasted here are from the 2014 vintage – as requested – but a few 2013s seemed to creep into the mix too. Whilst all were tasted blind, the ‘cru’ was known… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 4 – Sept 13th
Wednesday – typed 02/10/2023 This was a very interesting day I thought – in retrospect; but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I wasn’t in the best of moods initially, having been kept awake past 2.00 a.m. by the noise made by the blasted Belgians. The morning dawned… Read More
the return of the mark – domaine arlaud’s harvest diary…
Arlaud Vendange 2015 – Monday 7th Sept 2015 ( and un peu Sunday) Sunday :- Bonjour toute le monde ! Je suis arrive !!! In Morey-St-Denis that is for my 8th vendange avec le premier equipe de Morey. Various conflicting potential start dates by email to my banking day… Read More
london times – some improvement + remember bill baker
Whilst the spelling of the ‘leader’ is improving (though not at the top of your browser window – the HTML page title), I’m a little perplexed: Is Jane MacQuitty really talking about the same vintage today, that she was talking about 5 or 6 days ago? I must… Read More