Château de Lavernette – 2019
Tasted with Kerrie de Boissieu in Milly-Lamartine, 19 October 2020. Château de Lavernette 71570 Leynes Tel: +33 3 85 35 63 21 www.lavernette.com More reports on Château Lavernette Château Lavernette is a Biodynamic estate and the grapes are… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 10-Sep-20 – day 8 – the last!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day 8, Thursday 10th Sept 2020 So, here we are, our final day of the Covid vendange. For me, it was anybody’s guess where we’d be going this morning, where we might finish, and how much of the day we’d… Read More
AOC Saint Véran
Map Category Communal/Village appellation since 06/01/1971 Saint-Véran village profile. The village of Saint-Vérand bore the name of Saint-Véran before the French Revolution, when the appellation came into being this was the chosen name. The cave coopérative of Prissé accounts for almost one-third… Read More
AOC Pouilly-Fuissé
Map Category A Communal/Village appellation since 11/09/1936 The white-only Pouilly-Fuissé AOC also has 22 planned premier cru climats (see them below) from the 2020 vintage. The application for this ‘upgrade’ to 1er Cru began with the Pouilly ODG in 2007 and then to… Read More
AOC Beaujolais
Category Regional/Generic appellation since 12/09/1937 There exists also AOC Beaujolais Superior, also since 12/09/1937, covering the same communes and potential production area. This AOC is for red wine only, with a slightly reduced allowed maximum yield. This wine is not allowed to be sold before January 15th of the… Read More
Château de La Chaize – 2018
Tasted in Odenas with Boris Gruy, 05 February 2020. Château de La Chaize 69460 Odenas Tel: +33 04 74 03 41 05 www.chateaudelachaize.com More reports for Château de La Chaize The rate of change at this estate is bewildering;… Read More
Profile: Château de Chamirey
Tasted in Mercurey with Amaury Devillard, 18 November 2018. Château de Chamirey Rue du Château, 71640 Mercurey Tel: +33 3 85 45 21 61 www.chamirey.com The Château de Chamirey is actually home to a number of domaines, each keeping their own label… Read More
mark’s vosne harvest – day 8
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee - Vendange Day Eight, Thurs 24th Sept 2019
The last official working day of the 2019 vendange for the picking team and one with a difference, in location, for the majority of the day at least. I was, at last, to also find out today why we hadn’t, to my slight frustration cum disappointment, picked any of the domaine’s Vosne premier crus, nor Savigny or Pommard vines – but that came much later in the day so hang on a little !
The first absolute confirmation I think now I had that today was indeed to be our collective last day came from fellow snorer room mate, and other sub team leader/chauffeur/porteur, Jean-Claude1, who mentioned it as we roused ourselves. In the same conversation the other member of our room triumvirate, Jean-Claude2, mentioned he’d be ‘shooting off’ later ( I understood at the end of the working day) & was gone after lunch, without staying for the Paulee (first tangible mention I’d heard of that also) as he was meeting his daughter somewhere else in France that evening. Read More
2017 – Femmes et Vins
A gathering of a large number of the Femmes et Vins group of producers for their popular Exception’Elles tasting. This time in the Château de Montchat (right) in Lyon. Each of the producers was showing 4 wines, some even finishing with a contribution that was ‘a little’ older! 22 producers… Read More