Tasted in Beaune with David Butterfield, 11 October 2017. Butterfield Wine 24 Avenue du 8 Septembre 21200, Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 69 36 www.butterfieldwine.com David on 2017: “Well, it’s ripe by Burgundian standards – many in 2017 have 13 percent fully… Read More

Tasted in Vosne with Marie-France Wilmotte, 21 July, 2017. Domaine Robert Sirugue & Ses Enfants 3 Avenue du Monument 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 00 64 Marie-France on 2016: “Well, we had frost of-course. In Vosne-Romanée we are pretty happy in the end, but… Read More

Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Bernard Bouvier, Isabelle Collotte, Laurent Fournier, Sylvain Pataille and Jean-François Guyard. For me, and for a long time, Marsannay was more about producers and just a few lieu-dits (apparently there are 69 producers of Marsannay) and that’s because it’s a big and complicated… Read More

Tasted with Pierre Naigeon in St.Philibert, 14 November 2016. Domaine Pierre Naigeon 1, route de Saint Philibert 21220 Gevrey Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 33 46 03 www.pierrenaigeon.com When I visited, Pierre was just racking many of his 2015s into tank – to free… Read More

Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 14 November 2016. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark is now in his new premises, just a stone-throw away from Vougeot – well, a stone-throw if you have… Read More

Tasted in St.Philibert with Mark Haisma, 18 Novemberber 2015. Mark Haisma 1 Route de Saint-Philibert 21220, Gevrey-Chambertin www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark on the 2015 vintage: Clean, lovely, lovely. It was a treat to have all this clean fruit and fire it through triage. Normally it’s a… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with David Butterfield, 20 October 2015. Butterfield Wine 24 Avenue du 8 Septembre 21200, Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 69 36 www.butterfieldwine.com Semi-Canadian, David Butterfield has been living in Beaune for a number of years. Since 2005 he has been… Read More

Tasted in Vosne with Marie-France Wilmotte, 19 November, 2014. Domaine Robert Sirugue & Ses Enfants 3 Avenue du Monument 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 00 64… Read More

Tasted in St.Philibert with Mark Haisma, 9th October 2014. Mark Haisma 1 Route de Saint-Philibert 21220, Gevrey-Chambertin www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark, who began with the 2007 vintage, works out of Pierre Naigon’s facility, 5 minutes east of Gevrey in St.Philibert. It’s really an industrial area, but it offers… Read More