1999 Romanée St.Vivant
18x 1999 Romanée St.Vivant … Why? It’s a fair question: How on earth did I end up with 18 different examples of 1999 Romanée St.Vivant(?) Well, around the time of the release of DRC’s 1999s, I decided I’d like to drink a 1999 Romanée-Conti for my 50th birthday. At the… Read More
Clos de Tart – 2024 & 2023
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Alessandro Noli, 10 December 2025. Clos de Tart 7 Route des Grands Crus 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 34 30 91 www.clos-de-tart.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Clos de Tart Alessandro on 2025: “Very happy, very happy.” Alessandro on 2024: “2024 brought… Read More
Thibault Liger-Belair – 2024
Tasted in Nuits St.Georges with Thibault Liger-Belair, 29 October 2025. Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair 32 rue Thurot 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 51 16 www.thibaultligerbelair.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Thibault on 2025: “Easy! We weren’t sure how the vintage would go after the challenges… Read More
l’Arlot – 2024
Tasted in Premeaux with newly coiffured Géraldine Godot, 14 November 2025. Domaine de l’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 Domaine Instagram www.arlot.com More reports with Domaine de l’Arlot Géraldine on her recent vintages: “2025 – ahh – that was easy! It’s the opposite of 2024;… Read More
The 2024 Burgundy vintage & its wines…
It started cold: Right, Chablis Les Pargues January 2024…The greatest wines of this tasting campaign… The Podium, roughly alphabetically… Bachelet-Monnot – 2024 Etienne Sauzet – 2024 Perrot-Minot – 2024 Samuel Billaud – 2024 Other Podium Contenders: Buisson-Charles – 2024 Boris Champy – 2024 de Montille – 2024 de Vogüé –… Read More
200 Years of Faiveley…
Tasted with Erwan and Eve Faiveley at their winery in Nuits St.Georges. The quotes throughout the article were 99% from Erwan Faiveley… What we now know as Domaine Faiveley, started as a small négoce operation in 1825, it’s owners from a family of shoemakers. It was a very different business… Read More
overheard in a hotel lobby, yesterday morning…
Two UK gentlemen addressing the concierge of a Beaune hotel: “We have a tasting visit booked for tomorrow morning at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. We wonder if you could call them on our behalf to cancel the tasting. Please tell them that we are sorry but that we… Read More
Vosne-Romanée – the 2024 boundary changes …
Right: Romanée-Conti 28 April 2025 A few weeks ago, I read an article that stated ‘it appears the Vosne-Romanée appellation zone has been expanded, incorporating an additional 30 parcels of vineyard into the appellation. In total, these blocks constitute three hectares (7.4 acres).‘ Seemingly, this was a story that had… Read More
Thibault Liger-Belair – 2023
Tasted in Nuits St.Georges with Thibault Liger-Belair, 14 February 2025. Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair 32 rue Thurot 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 51 16 www.thibaultligerbelair.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Thibault on 2024: “2022 and 2021 are the commercial vintages just now. 2024 brought just… Read More