The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
lunchtime bottles…
How all lunches should be... A selection of wines tasted in Burgundy last week. Starting with a pair of perfect 1961’s, two iconic whites from 2006 and then a face-off off between two recently delivered 1999 en-primeur purchases: 1961 Morin Père et Fils, Pommard 1er Rugiens Medium-pale colour… Read More
The 2006’s of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (1)
The Wonder that is Domaine Romanée-Conti By Bruce Palling An edited version of this report appears on The Economist’s More Intelligent Life website. When it comes to getting an accurate picture of our individual knowledge, perhaps the quickest way to nail down our context would be to… Read More
liger-belair, chile-bound
As Maximiliano noted in his comment earlier today, it seems that Louis-Michel Liger-Belair rather likes Chile: full text of story here Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)… Read More
Puligny-Montrachet: Village Profile
At the core of the white-wine-centric Côte de Beaune are Meursault & Puligny-Montrachet. Sadly for Chassagne-Montrachet and St.Aubin, and despite the quality of their wines – the former’s grand crus included – those two villages are often relegated to the afterthoughts of consumers. Meursault was, for generations, the most sought-after… Read More
13. A technical glossary
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping and spitting; these wines were really drunk and predominantly at home with food and friends between November 2004 and March 2005. I started 2005 with a few 1999 Vosne 1ers – usually very good, occasionally fabulous. Plenty of 2002’s that are very nice, but aren’t quite so… Read More
The Dijon School…Part II
Now including the the addition of the Côte de Beaune producers. No real text additions vs the last issue except to say ‘Congratulations’ to Carel Voorhuis who we met in the last report – in the last few days of March 2005 he was elected the Président de la… Read More