Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between March and August 2007. There main exception in these pages are that the majority of the 1997’s were tasted at a large gathering in Beaune in… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were typically drunk at home, or at organised dinners between December 2006 and March 2007. Some wines drunk with their producers are included… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! These wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between November 2005 and March 2006… I’ve added the following icon to each description as a link to winesearcher to help you find wines if your interest has been woken…… Read More
Profile: Maison Albert Bichot (Beaune)
Quick question – can you name the 8th Grand Cru of Chablis? – Sorry, you took too long to answer, but don’t worry, that and the answer to many other questions will become clear as you continue… Maison Albert Bichot is perhaps the sleeper of the large Beaune negociants… Read More
Round-up of all wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between July 2004 and the end of October 2004. Corkwatch: 5 from 83 = 6.0% Regional Wines (8) Villages Wines (24) Premier Cru Wines (27) Grand Cru… Read More
Roundup of all wines tasted…
No slurping and spitting. These wines were predominantly drunk at home with food and friends between February and July 2004. For the first time I’ve tried to bring a semblance of order to these notes, so in each section you will find the producers in alphabetical order!… Read More
Roundup of all wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! Only the wines tasted in bottle appear here, for barrel samples you need to refer to the original articles:Corkwatch: 1 from 63 = 1.6% REGIONAL WINES 1993 Maison Leroy, Bourgogne Rouge Despite the abuse – as I pressed down my Screwpull, there was a… Read More
Things that have been announced but not yet finalised and things that have been finalised but not yet announced :)
It’s been about a week since the press release was set free into the wild but the Artémis Domaines and Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite have announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of Domaine William Fèvre from the former to the latter. Read More
2019 White Burgundy – Part 3 – Chablis
Part 1: 2019 Mâconnais – Sept 2020 Part 2: 2019 Côte d’Or – Oct 2020 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2021 Chablis 6pm 17-January 2019 “An average yielding vintage – less in the 1ers and grand crus, more… Read More