Events…
Tastings syllabus online soon… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to… Read More
the contenders start their harvests…
Almost, but not quite, the last of the bottles drunk with Team NZ in Switzerland. Jasper has a few of the starters: Heavy rain this am chez moi but not on the vines I think. Lafon starts tomorrow, Ente on thursday…. The… Read More
Burgundy Reports
A Burgundy Report EXTRA! subscription costs 85 Swiss Francs per year. Subscribe to Burgundy Report See what you’re missing, below… The 2019 Reports: March 2019All Styles:New names from Chablis2017 Beaujolais Blanc & Irancy, screw-caps & more…… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More
Nuits Saint Georges: Village Profile
Despite having no Grand Crus to call its own, Nuits appended the name of its most important vineyard, Les St.Georges, on the 10th May 1892 to become Nuits-Saint-Georges – before that it was described as Nuits-sous-Beaune. When the railway came in 1849 the station here was… Read More
random ruminations
There’s a turn-up – the Summer Issue and its still summer! As you will have noted from last summer’s Beaune-fest, the lack of a paying subscriber ‘model’ for Burgundy Report means that I’m as free as a bird to find out about, and write about, whatever comes into my head… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2011 and August 2011. Regional Wines (3) Villages Wines (14) Premier Cru Wines (24) Grand Cru Wines (6) REGIONAL WINES 2009 David Clark, Bourgogne Passetoutgrains… Read More
grower interviews with jasper morris mw
Listen to Jasper Morris (MW) of UK merchant Berry Bros & Rudd as he works his way through visits with Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon (Dominique Lafon), Domaine du Comte Armand (Benjamin Leroux), Olivier Merlin, Patrick Javillier, the Bret Brothers, Patrice Rion, Domaine du Clos de Tart (Sylvain Pitiot) and… Read More
Profile: Domaine du Clos-des-Epeneaux, Comte Armand (Pommard)
Despite over 200 years of history, for most of it’s existence this has been a one vineyard domaine. It was around 1994 that the current Comte decided to expand a domaine that was already making a name for itself. That reputation was largely due to the inspired hiring of… Read More