Tasted with Pierre Meurgey at the Château de Bligny, 07 December 2015. Maison Pierre Meurgey-Croses Château de Bligny 14 Grande rue 21200 Bligny-lès-Beaune You may remember Pierre as previously being the head of Maison Champy in Beaune, and also having some connections to Domaine de Clos de… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Bruno Pepin and Boris Champy, 16th Dec, 2014. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com The vintage… Some small-volume wines were already bottled, but most wines are still in tank… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Mark O’Connell and Pierre Murgey, 14th November, 2014. Domaine Clos de la Chapelle 3 rue de Grenier à Sel 21200 Beaune Tel: +1 816 223 0257 www.closchapelle.com This young but expanding domaine now has offices next-door to Champy in Beaune. The… Read More

Before delving into the detail, it’s worth saying ‘what a great set of wines’ this was. I used my normal nomenclature (Rebuy: no – maybe – yes) converted to 0-2 points, plus my favourite wine getting 3 points, but there was nothing here that I wouldn’t enjoy sharing… Read More

Or how about a Cammuffle of Côtes (In the absence of other collective nouns…) Burgundian appellations are, occasionally, not always the easiest to follow; how about this for a selection of labels: Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune-Villages, Côte de Nuits-Villages and then there’s Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Bourgogne… Read More

Tasted with Dimitri Bazas and Mark O’Connell at Maison Champy in Beaune, 29 Jan, 2014. I asked Mark about the writer of the book that I summarised in my Diary: Apparently Philippe Remoissenet is a Parisian real-estate developer, and a vague relative of more Burgundian Remoissenets. He was actually… Read More

Tasted in Beaune, 7 Jan, 2014 with Boris Champy, Bruno Pepin, and pictured, winemaker Jean-Charles Thomas. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com More reports for Maison Louis Latour Of course,… Read More

Tasted with Grégory Patriat, in Nuits St.Georges, 28 Jan, 2014. On the market: Lost a few contracts this year due to some new start-up ‘micro-négoce’ offering double for grapes – this is modest so-far, but has the ability to really distort the market. The market has fairly squarely rejected the… Read More