Tasted in Meursault with Emmanuel Escutenaire and Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 15 November 2017. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com There are new wines at the Château this year, from Ladoix and Aloxe,… Read More

Tasted with Manuel Olivier in Corboin, 26 May 2017. Domaine Manuel Olivier   Hameau de Corboin 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 39 33 www.vindebourgogne-manuel-olivier.com This domaine is Hidden in Corboin high above Nuits and Vosne in the Hautes Côtes de Nuits. It’s… Read More

Wines tasted in the village of Chardonnay – 25 May 2017 – otherwise known as ‘Chardonnay Day‘ Venue: Cave du Chardonnay, Route d’Uchizy, 71700 Chardonnay To start, my notes from a presentation made by Emmanuel Nonain About 7,000 hectolitres of Mâcon-Chardonnay is produced each year by… Read More

Tasted in Saint-Vérand with Jean-Etienne Chermette, 15 February 2017. Domaine du Vissoux 69620 Saint-Vérand Tel: +33 4 74 71 79 42 www.chermette.fr There’s something quite charming when none of the organisation works – wines that are a little too warm for tasting – certainly… Read More

Tasted in Savigny (sort-of) with Blair Pethel, the 12 December 2016. Domaine Dublère 2 Chemin des Planchots 21420, Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 6 86 92 00 29 www.domaine-dublere.com Blair Pethel’s new winery in Savigny, is still progressing; his 2015 Chablis wines are there, and maybe the… Read More

Tasted in Le Perréon with Jean-Luc Longère, 18 May 2016. Domaine Longère Le Duchamp 69460 Le Perréon Tel: +33 4 74 03 27 63 www.domaine-longere.com Here is a super village house dating from 1845 – there’s an equally lovely cellar below too – Jean-Luc… Read More

Tasted in Meursault with Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 08 December 2015. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com As noted in part 1 we only covered the white wines then, so here’s… Read More

Tasted in Savigny (sort-of) with Blair Pethel, the 04 November 2015. Domaine Dublère 2 Chemin des Planchots 21420, Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 6 86 92 00 29 www.domaine-dublere.com Blair Pethel’s new winery in Savigny, is progressing; this year it will just be used for his Chablis… Read More

Tasted in the Château Hurigny, 02 November 2015. I normally visit the producers of the ‘Vignerons, Artisans of South Burgundy‘ in April or May, but an opportunity arose for me to get a few of them together in one place – the Château de Hurigny. Read More