Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More

When it comes to white wine recommendations and the common old question of ‘what’s a better value alternative to Puligny or Meursault?‘ my toes curl and my teeth grind when people, with an assured air of superior knowledge, authoritatively boom – ‘Oh you should look at St.Aubin!‘ Save for a… Read More

Tasted with Anne-Sophie Dubois on a cold day in Fleurie, 13 February 2018. Domaine Anne-Sophie Dubois Les Labourons 69820 Fleurie Tel: +33 4 74 69 84 45 anne-sophiedubois.blogspot Anne-Sophie’s family come from champagne, where they have a small domaine between Epernay and Troyes… Read More

Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More

Tasted with François Bitouzet in Volnay (right in Taillepieds) 10 February 2016. Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Rue de la Combe 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 62 13 www.bitouzet-prieur.com In the otherwise terribly discreet buildings of Rue de la Combe, just down the road from… Read More