Stéphanie Colinot – 2023
Tasted with Stéphanie Colinot in Villy, 15 April 2025. Domaine Stéphanie Colinot 1 Rue St.Etienne 89800 Villy Tel: +33 6 81 27 08 32 www.stephanie-colinot.fr Stéphanie’s Instagram More reports with Stéphanie Stéphanie on 2024: “The worst for volume was 2021. The average for Irancy was very low but I made… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2023
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde Davenne, 20 January 2025. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on 2023: “The reds are assembled but not yet bottled. The whites are bottled but… Read More
Simonnet-Febvre – 2023
Tasted with Paul Espitalié in Chablis, with no heating, 23 January 2025. Simonnet-Febvre 9 Avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 95 69 www.simonnet-febvre.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Maison Simonnet-Febvre Paul on 2024: “Mont de Milieu 55 hl/ha – Preuses 8… 70% less than in 2023 –… Read More
Stéphanie Colinot – 2022
Tasted with Stéphanie Colinot in Villy, 14 May 2024. Domaine Stéphanie Colinot 1 Rue St.Etienne 89800 Villy Tel: +33 6 81 27 08 32 www.stephanie-colinot.fr Stéphanie’s Instagram Stéphanie on 2023: “In 23 we had quality and quantity – 50 hl/ha – the wines are round and fruity – and that… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2022
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde Davenne, 31 January 2024. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on the last vintages: “In 2022 we harvested very early – I always try to… Read More
Simonnet-Febvre – 2022
Tasted with Paul Espitalié in Chablis, on a very cold -8°C morning, 16 January 2024. Simonnet-Febvre 9 Avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 95 69 www.simonnet-febvre.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Maison Simonnet-Febvre Paul on 2022: “We’re very happy with 2022 – 57 hl/ha – and no… Read More
43x Irancy 2022 – Blind Tasted
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 29 January 2024. These blind tastings are my great source of new names, and, of course, the wines were tasted blind. The sample order was completely random – the next bottle was the one closest to hand. The bottles were numbered and… Read More
Tastevinage: The 2023 Majors !!


For a few years now the Tastevinage have made a ‘selection’ of the best wines selected from the wines presented for tasting in the year – obviously here from the 2023 tasting season – and this selection, again chosen blind – is the result of 785… Read More
Cité des Climats et Vins – Beaune


I previously visited the new outpost of the trilogy of Cités des Climats et Vins in Chablis – where I praised the human scale and architecture of the operation. I was unsure if I would be so positive towards this large erection on Beaune’s outskirts, but… Read More