offer of the day – henry boillot 2008…
Okay, this is a subscription, so may not reflect merchant prices in another 6 months, but there is a trend that indicates that pricing must become nore realistic, or the winemaker doesn’t care for the vintage 😉 (2007 pricing in parantheses…) DOMAINE HENRI BOILLOT – millésime 2008 (Subscription)… Read More
harvest 2009 – tuesday 15th sept
Tuesday – and another glorious blue sky. Our grapes during the morning are Nuits 1er Les Vaucrains – much anticipated as they are normally super. This year, we have a problem. The first case looks a bit disappointing as there is a mix of both shrivelled and unripe grapes –… Read More
harvest 2009 – sunday 13th sept
Beaune 1er Bressandes out of the bottom of the de-stemmer Sunday – and did I mention the weather? Well yesterday was mainly bright and the still-air temperature was nice and warm – perhaps 23° – but our old friend the harvest north wind was quite blustery and… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
Profile: Domaine Dublère (Savigny-lès-Beaune)
I remember way back when, an article by Alice Feiring on the CNN website about an American in Burgundy – his name was Blair Pethel. You’ve got to love Alice’s style, she will find out for you exactly what everything costs! Coincidentally, the same week that I was writing… Read More
2003 pascal lachaux gevrey 1er lavaux st.jacques
Profile: Pascal Lachaux / Robert ArnouxPascal Lachaux 2003 Gevrey 1er Lavaux St.Jacques I’ve just realised that I’ve become boring and predictable. Whilst today unpacking a few wines to drink over the next week or two, I quietly patted myself on the back for having a couple of Bèze (98… Read More
nicolas potel 1997 volnay & an april fool (almost me)
Matterhorn from Gornergrat, 3rd April p.m. Back from a very nice week-long break. Whilst we only skiied for 2.5 days it was good to recharge the batteries. I received a number of emails and ‘comments’ during the week that were related to the Spring Issue of the Burgundy Report… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2008 and the end of March 2009. Just over 60 bottles are listed here, but there are another 219 dotted through this Spring Report that it didn’t make sense… Read More
Profile: Maison Terres d’Arômes, Claire Forestier (Nuits)
Dear friends, My collaboration with the group Cottin Frères has ended, due to a major restructuring of the group. It is a collective redundancy. The mark TERRES d’ARÔMES was born with the year 2007, it developed thanks to your interest and thanks to your support. I took great… Read More