article: benjamin lewin talks premox with dom lafon…
Excellent article on Benjamin’s site: here. Like this:Like Loading…… Read More
Profile: Domaine des Comtes Lafon (Meursault)
The relatively understated roads that leave the centre of Meursault are dotted with a mix of small and rather grander buildings. The Domaine des Comtes Lafon is far from one of the largest, but is still reeks of different time; it’s outbuilding previously being kennels for hunting dogs and stables… Read More
23-Aug. The early days of harvesting…
Right: Beaune’s Saturday market: The 2025 harvest has started with more of a whimper than a bang, so today (the weekend) I saw fewer teams picking in the vines. There are some plots of reds being picked – but almost always they are the exceptions and young vines. The… Read More
Olivier Merlin – 2021
Tasted with Corinne Merlin, 06 February 2023. Domaine Merlin 106 Chemin du Lavoir 71960 La Roche-Vineuse Tel: +33 3 85 36 62 09 merlin-vins.com More reports on Domaine Merlin I’ve tasted the wines of this domaine many times, but… Read More
Becky Wasserman Hone 1937-2021
On Friday evening, on the US forum wineberserkers, I saw the notice of Becky’s departure from this place. I checked in on another UK forum that I visit and there was no mention. I started to type the news but having known her for over 20 years,… Read More
basking in the sun part 2… the 2021 frost…
Basking in the sun… Part 1 It’s still much too early to properly take stock* other than to say that the frost of April 2021 – a month not yet over – was both a rare and a severely yield-limiting event. You will have to go back… Read More
this week’s, pre-lockdown, 2019 inquisition…
A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More
Profile: Christophe Jolivet
Tasted in Bligny with Christophe Jolivet, 27 September 2018. SAS Christophe Jolivet 14 Grande rue Le Chateau 21200 Bligny-lès-Beaune Tél: +33 6 64 02 81 30 From the blind tastings I did earlier in 2019, there were some great wines from names that I didn’t… Read More
Harvesting the 2019s
Vendanges alert! So we can say that we are underway… It’s the whites that are being harvested first this year, as is probably the case in 19 out of 20 years. First, there were some very early pickers in the middle of last week, then the Hospices were picking some… Read More