Tasted in Volnay with Pascal Roblet-Monnot, 04 February 2016. Domaine Roblet-Monnot 11 rue de la Combe 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 6 74 21 82 04 Pascal says that his family have roots here in Volnay from the 16th century – the Lagrange family. Pascal’s grandmother was… Read More

Tasted in Beaune, courtesy of the BIVB, 11 December 2015. Two or three times a year the BIVB help arrange a blind tasting for me, this time the theme was Ladoix 2013. It’s simple – I work my way through the wines blind and those that seem outstanding to me… Read More

Tasted in Villié-Morgon with Philippe Bardet, Jean Pierre Rodet, Claire Forestier (right) and others, 14 December 2015. Château Bellevue Bellevue 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 4 74 66 98 88 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr The Beaujolais continues to have issues in connecting with its market; large… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Dimitri Bazas, 02 December 2015. Maison Champy 3 Rue du Grenier À Sel 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 25 09 99 www.champy.com Dimitri on 2015: “I was blown away by the quality of 2015 – it’s very rare… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Véronique Drouhin, 12 November 2015. Maison Joseph Drouhin   7 Rue d’Enfer 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 68 88 www.drouhin.com Véronique on 2014: “To sum up: summer weather in spring, autumn in summer and then back to… Read More

I guess, when so spread-out through many, many separate visit reports, it may not have been easy for subscribers to string together my general enthusiasm for 2013 Rully blancs – but for me it became a theme of quite some consistency when tasting these vintage whites – much more… Read More

Tasted in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet and Jean Pierre Rodet, 31st March 2015. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr Philippe Bardet was always a useful contact when he ran the Louis Max… 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