Tasted with Guillaume Tardy in Vosne-Romanée, 6th May 2015. Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils 46 Départementale 974, 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 11 86… Read More

All tasted in the Clos de Vougeot, 16th March 2015. Every second year, in the year where there is no Grands Jours de Bourgogne, there is this Trilogie tasting. This year it was held in the Château de Clos de Vougeot on the 16th March, and producers from the following… Read More

All tasted blind in Zürich with JF Guyard, 09 March 2015. Our wines were served in flights of 3, mainly, after which the identity of each 3 (or 4!) were shown. Quite an eclectic range of wines as we all contributed bottles from our own cellars –… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Marinette Garnier, 28th November, 2014. Jaffelin 2 Rue Paradis 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 49 A few bottles from this house dated 2006-2008 left an oak stain on my nose that I didn’t like – but examples in the last… Read More

Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… Read More

Or how about a Cammuffle of Côtes (In the absence of other collective nouns…) Burgundian appellations are, occasionally, not always the easiest to follow; how about this for a selection of labels: Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune-Villages, Côte de Nuits-Villages and then there’s Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Bourgogne… Read More

A range of older Clos de Vougeot, tasted in the Château de Vougeot itself, 17 March, 2014. Poured, in shifts, by the winemakers themselves. No duds, but there really were a few quite exceptional bottles! If I could take only one, Confuron-Cotetidot’s was the wine for me… 2003 Anne… Read More