Beaune is where the Heart is
Before visiting Burgundy, one question bugged me. ‘If I do find grapes, where in the world am I going to make the wine?’ The production of wines in Burgundy are so low that you cannot expect to find much room if any to make wine short of buying a domaine… Read More
Shaking hands in Burgundy
Well, here we are. Burgundy, in the dead of winter. People are busy working in the vineyards, mainly burning clippings. Things are a bit more chilly than they seemed looking at Bill’s photos from my home in California. Suprisingly, our daughter has adjusted quite well to Burgundy at the ripe… 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 August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More
tasting lunches: the table of domaine pierre bourée
From the third weekend in March, until the third weekend in November there is a new place in Gevrey-Chambertin where you can enjoy food with a selection of domaine wines. Just like Olivier Leflaive’s place in Puligny-Montrachet, those anti-fashionistas at Domaine Pierre Bourée now offer a choice of… Read More
Puligny-Montrachet: Village Profile
At the core of the white-wine-centric Côte de Beaune are Meursault & Puligny-Montrachet. Sadly for Chassagne-Montrachet and St.Aubin, and despite the quality of their wines – the former’s grand crus included – those two villages are often relegated to the afterthoughts of consumers. Meursault was, for generations, the most sought-after… Read More
Roundup of wines tasted
No slurping and spitting; these wines were really drunk and predominantly at home with food and friends between March 2005 and June 2005. I have the feeling that I’ve had too many corked wines recently but the figures are not that much higher than normal – maybe it was… Read More
lazy boy!
A mixture of a dead laptop and finding the time means I’ve been very lazy of recent – at least in terms of adding material to the site – Burgundy Report is ticking along nicely for next months issue though. Anyway a nice dinner on Friday evening and no TN’s… Read More
Hubert Lamy – 2020
Tasted in Saint Aubin with Olivier Lamy, 22 November 2022. Domaine Hubert Lamy 20 rue des Lavières 21190 St.Aubin Tel: +33 3 80 21 32 55 http://www.domainehubertlamy.com More reports for Domaine Hubert Lamy. Domaine Hubert Lamy is another domaine that… Read More
it’s (practically) here – burgundy’s 2017 harvest time – 3, 2, 1, go!
The weekend was stormy in many parts of France, some wine-growing areas had hail – Champagne for instance – fortunately none was reported in Burgundy, in fact many producers were happy to see a little rain. A few early pickers were already in the vines last week – Olivier… Read More