Tasted in Mercurey with Guy Cinquin, 23rd February 2015. Domaine de l’Europe 7 rue Clos Rond 71640 Mercurey Tel: +33 3 85 45 23 82 Guy Cinquin was a champion ‘ballooner’ and still offers aerial tours of the Burgundy landscape, but these days he’s (possibly!) more focused… Read More

Tasted in Mercurey with Manuel Bautista, 23rd February 2015. Domaine Taupinier-Bautista Place de Touches 71640 Mercurey Tel: +33 3 85 45 26 38 www.domaine-tupinier-bautista.com Fronted by Manuel Bautista, this is an old family domaine by the church in Touches that looks down on the town… Read More

The vintage is very largely delicious and across the full range of 4 levels too: Petit Chablis, Chablis, 1er Cru and Grand Cru. But wait… It’s not easy to find ‘REAL’ Chablis. ‘But you said the wines were delicious!’ Yes. They are delicious chardonnay, sometimes with a little oak support… Read More

Tasted in Préhy with Laurent Ternyck, 29th January 3015. Domaine de Mauperthuis 3, Grande rue de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 42 70 www.domaine-marronniers.com All the previous wines from this domaine(s) that I’d tasted, I liked, so it was time to finally… Read More

Tasted in Chablis with Romain Bouchard, 5th January 2015. Pascal Bouchard Parc des Lys 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 18 64 www.pascalbouchard.com Brilliant sunshine when I arrived, but only 2°C. Romain on his 2013s: Overall, it was a complicated Spring;… Read More

2014 Hail again in the Côte de Beaune – for the third vintage in a row – almost unprecedented. The last time the vines of Volnay (and its neighbours) were hailed in 3 consecutive vintages was 1901, 1902 and 1903. The unimaginable ‘3’ happened to coincide with the… Read More

Tasted with Amandine Terrier in Nuits, 8th December 2014 Unfortunately Pascal was under the weather, but Amandine stepped into the breach. There are no significant price increases for 2013s, after the 2012s, despite much less yield in 2013. Yileds here were particularly low in Gevrey due to the poor… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Gilles de Courcel and Jean-Pierre Confuron, 15 December, 2014 Chanson Père et Fils 10 Rue du Collège/r Paul Chanson 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 25 97 97 www.vins-chanson.com Jean-Pierre on 2013: “The reds in Beaune have only about 8hl/ha,… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Weber, December 4th 2014. Bouchard Père et Fils 15 Rue du Château 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 80 24 www.bouchard-pereetfils.com It seems that Christophe Bouchard has slowly slipped in to retirement (the end of November) without much comment… Read More