Despite having no Grand Crus to call its own, Nuits appended the name of its most important vineyard, Les St.Georges, on the 10th May 1892 to become Nuits-Saint-Georges – before that it was described as Nuits-sous-Beaune. When the railway came in 1849 the station here was… Read More

150 wines for you. d’Ardhuy (Corgoloin) Albert Bichot (Beaune) JC Boisset (Nuits) Simon Bize (Savigny) Camille-Giroud (Beaune) Champy (Beaune) Louis Chenu (Savigny) Dublère (Savigny) Rebourgeon-Mure (Pom.) Seguin-Manuel (Beaune)     The format of the majority of 2011 notes that follow,… Read More

Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More

No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2010 and March 2011. Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (9) Premier Cru Wines (14) Grand Cru Wines (5) REGIONAL WINES 2006 Roger Belland, Bourgogne Pinot Noir… Read More

I know that I never actually visit Chablis – if I did I wouldn’t be in the Côte d’Or would I(?) But I felt that having missed a couple of opportunities to taste, I didn’t really have a good personal feeling how the recent vintages compared. Albert Bichot… Read More

Domaine Serveau lies on the main High Street of Morey between the Route Nationale and Clos de Tart. Externally the domaine needs a little TLC, certainly at least a lick of paint. – still it looks like it’s been this way a long time and it hasn’t affected the… Read More

Nicolas Potel’s old office was tucked away in Nuits St.Georges, close to the train station. Whilst that building stood proud on a corner, there were no external signs to the building’s use – for a first-time visitor it wasn’t easy to find. Look at a bottle from his new venture… Read More

From the Grands Jours in Burgundy at the end of March and organised by the association of négociants (Fédération des Négociants Eleveurs de Grande Bourgogne – FNEB) was a blind tasting of predominantly 2008 grand crus in the Château du Clos de Vougeot. For some reason a handful of… Read More