BIVB Cave de Prestige 2022
Since 1971, and from Chablis to Mâcon, the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) has been selecting cuvées to illustrate the wines of Burgundy all around the world and to be used during the BIVB’s promotional and training activities. 2022 was the 51st awards ceremony for what has become know as the… Read More
my thanks to the vigneron(ne)s of puligny, week 28 2020
Of-course not all based in Puligny, but all with vines in Puligny 🙂 My July report will be looking at the important vineyards of that village – many more visits to do over the next 2-3 weeks – but this week with the help of Jadot, Drouhin, Bouzereau, Terres de… Read More
AOC Meursault
Map Category Communal/Village appellation since 31/07/1937 for villages and the latest update was 21/05/1970 for the Premier Crus. Wines from this appellation can also claim the apellations (labels) of Côte de Beaune Villages, Bourgogne Côte d’Or & Bourgogne. The Meursault AOC has premier cru climats; the list… Read More
2018 Bourgogne Côte d’Or
Bourgogne Côte d’Or is a very new label – 2017 was the first vintage. As the recognition of this new label improves, one may have expected the volume of production to rapidly increase – but in 2019 it fell back. It turns out that this was… Read More
Diconne – 2018
Tasted with Christophe Diconne in Auxey-Duresses 07 November 2019. Domaine Diconne 5 Rue de la Velle 21190 Auxey-Duresses Tel: +33 3 80 21 25 60 Christophe on 2019: “We were quite strongly frosted in Auxey – 75% losses were not uncommon – similar to 2016… Read More
2017 Meursault – blind
To be precise, my wish was to taste villages wines with lieu-dits on their label – such as Cromin or Tillets. There were producers who still sent anonymous Meursault cuvées, or old-vines cuvées with no other info, but as they had taken the time… In-line with the vintage… Read More
domaine dublère – sold…
This afternoon, as I was leaving Beaune, I saw Blair Pethel – pictured doing what he loved – and he looked in good spirits. I stopped my car and we started to chat but then (of-course!) with no room to pass, other cars started to form a queue behind me… Read More
A Bourgogne Côte d’Or?
I’ve discussed it before, but this is a new label that you might come across for the first time with the 2017 vintage. People have been proposing this label for almost 20 years but now it’s done – and it’s for both the reds and… Read More
Profile: Domaine Diconne
Tasted with Christophe Diconne, pictured with his father Jean-Pierre, in Auxey-Duresses at the end of June 2018. Domaine Diconne 5 Rue de la Velle 21190 Auxey-Duresses Tel: +33 3 80 21 25 60 Christophe is the current head of the growers syndicate of Auxey-Duresses. Christophe is… Read More