Long-Depaquit – 2022
Tasted in Chablis with Louis Gimonnet, 12 March 2024. Château Long-Depaquit 45 Rue Auxerroise 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 11 13 www.bourgogne-bichot.com/fr/long-depaquit-chablis More reports for Domaine Long-Depaquit Louis on 2023: “I’m happy because in organics we didn’t have an easy year but we got through it quite well… Read More
Château de Viviers – 2022
Tasted in Viviers with Arnould Lefébure, 14 March 2024. Château de Viviers 2 Rue des Fourches 89700 Viviers Tel: +33 7 56 00 42 29 www.chateaudeviviers.co Domaine Instagram The Château de Viviers is a beautiful old house with a 17th-century facade – and unless the large gates are open, it’s… Read More
2024 Edition: Grands Maisons, Grands Crus – Vintage 2020
Tasted in the cellar of Château Philippe le Hardi – the newly named Château de Santenay, 21 March 2024. Well, where else will you find 36 different grand crus to taste in one sitting? I’d always considered this to be a ‘don’t miss’ tasting. Despite that, I chose not to… Read More
2022 Burgundy – A Summary
29 March 2022: Pruning for poles – En Echalas – the new vogue… Just one summary? For central Burgundy – ie before I visit Chablis and Beaujolais – yes, just one. In the years that you’ve paid me to write these annual reports, this is the first… Read More
Tastevinage: The 2023 Majors !!


For a few years now the Tastevinage have made a ‘selection’ of the best wines selected from the wines presented for tasting in the year – obviously here from the 2023 tasting season – and this selection, again chosen blind – is the result of 785… Read More
Burgundy’s Cave de Prestige 2023


Since 1971, and from Chablis to Mâcon, the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) has been selecting cuvées to illustrate the wines of Burgundy all around the world and to be used during the BIVB’s promotional and training activities. Tuesday 20th June 2023 was the 52nd awards ceremony for what has become… Read More
Long-Depaquit – 2021
Tasted in Chablis with Louis Gimonnet, 11 January 2023. Château Long-Depaquit 45 Rue Auxerroise 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 11 13 www.bourgogne-bichot.com/fr/long-depaquit-chablis More reports for Domaine Long-Depaquit Louis on 2022: “Yes we are happy with, 22 I… Read More
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1 – The Côte de Beaune
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) The Côte de Beaune – November 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 2: The Côte de Nuits – December 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2022 Clos des Cortons – Faiveley – 6 weeks after… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux


In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More