DRC – an angel looking down
In 2011 the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti moved into the spacious surroundings of the newly refurbished cuverie of the monks of St.Vivant. This (now) impressive building sits right across from the church in the centre of Vosne-Romanée and was for years the resting-place the domaine’s maturing barrels. The large courtyard… Read More
drc assassin…
A little Tuesday morning drama for you. Jeanine Gros, summed it up succinctly: “‘Wine’ and ‘poison,’ these two words do not belong in the same sentence.” Nice picture of Aubert too! Share this:… Read More
the ultimate cellar?
I haven’t bought any wine through Sotheby’s for the best part of ten years – I certainly don’t have a catalogue subscription. Last week, despite that latter minor detail, a hardbacked catalogue arrived – it must have cost a fortune to send given that the auction is in Hong… Read More
Adventures in Burgundy, Lincoln Russell (2008)
A book that arrived in the post last week. I’ve seen it in the Athenium bookstore in Beaune, but otherwise I found it available only from the book’s own website and this is quite canny if you’re publishing yourself; you receive the full $50 per copy, not $5 or whatever… Read More
2 reports: burgundy report’s autumn 2009 & vougeraie’s newsletter #29
The Autumn 2009 Burgundy Report is finally online. You’ve already seen the ‘Vintage Viewpoint’, but amongst others, there are reports of my walk in the vines of Corton with Aubert de Villaine and Didier Dubois and a review of Clive Coates ‘warts’n’all’ recent book. Now that’s done I’ve… Read More
Corton rejoins the Romanée-Conti family…
Aubert de Villaine stands in front of Corton Clos du Roi Towards the northern limits of the the hill of Corton lies the small town of Ladoix, or more correctly Ladoix-Serrigny – this is the most northerly of the Côte de Beaune villages. Perhaps the town’s major piece… Read More
Random ruminations…
The Market A trade source tells me that there are significant quantities of 2003, 2004 and 2006 that are still in the ‘pipeline’, and with hardly any 2007s sold, the coming 2008 en-primeur campaign could be very messy – that’s before you factor-in whether January will still be too… Read More
just an average day-trip to burgundy…
Aubert de Villaine - after being made to wait in the cold!Monday was just your average away-day to Burgundy: 5:30am – Alarm, cereal, wash, shave then eventually open my eyes. 6:25am – In the car and away. Plenty of rain as we went through the ‘Doubs’ and around Besançon. If… Read More
random ruminations
Welcome First let me both thank and welcome Peter Sidebotham and Bruce Palling, each of whom contributed articles under the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2006 ‘banner’. I was unable to attend the London merchant’s tasting this year so they both stepped into the breech. My thanks to both, so… Read More