Tasted in Morey with Jean-Louis Amiot, 03 November 2015. Domaine Pierre Amiot Et Fils 27 Grande Rue 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis Tel: +33 3 80 34 14 18 www.domainepierreamiot.fr Jean-Louis Amiot explains that the domaine, now in its 5th generation, came from his father who began… Read More

Tasted in Chassagne with Armand Heitz, 21 July 2015. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet   24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 Today’s new face in Chassagne is Domaine Heitz-Lochardet, their home is an old but impressive house and buildings close to the wine-shop… Read More

Versus a generation ago – let us say 30 years – the market dynamics of traders who buy and sell wine have been far from static. The traditional Beaune-based merchants, or the ‘Maisons’ remain the focus of commentators but they have much more competition today, and at all levels… Read More

Tasted in Gevrey with Chantal Tortochot, 6th May 2015. Domaine Tortochot 12 Rue de l’Église 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 34 30 68 www.tortochot.com Domaine Tortochot is a family estate, which from 1865 was easily built up in the face of falling land… Read More

Tasted in Vosne with Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse (yes, from Bordeaux!) 26th November, 2014. Domaine Georges Noëllat 1 Rue des Chaumes 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 11 03 Maxime Cheurlin was elsewhere so we were lucky enough to be hosted by Joséphine, who is working at Georges… Read More

Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… 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

Grands Maisons, Grand Crus at the Clos de Vougeot, 20 March, 2014 All of these wines were tasted blind by me. Actually they are presented in the format “Wine 1. Chablis Les Clos” so you know the vineyard but not the producer – though, if there had been a Chablis… Read More

A range of older Clos de Vougeot, tasted in the Château de Vougeot itself, 17 March, 2014. Poured, in shifts, by the winemakers themselves. No duds, but there really were a few quite exceptional bottles! If I could take only one, Confuron-Cotetidot’s was the wine for me… 2003 Anne… Read More