No slurping and spitting; these wines were drunk at home with food and friends between July and November 2003. Corkwatch: 4 from 84 = 4.8% REGIONAL WINES 2000 Joseph Faiveley, Bourgogne Rouge Medium cherry red. The nose is of earthy cooked red cherries against a faintly smokey… Read More

Of course we don’t need to go through the history of Maison Joseph Drouhin as we did some of that here. Here we are talking (mainly) about the ‘domaine’ wine of Joseph drouhin, as they now own the vines. The core of this superb 14 wine vertical was… Read More

If you follow the ‘Route des Grand Crus’ south from Gevrey-Chambertin in the direction of Morey you will pass on your right hand side the vineyards of Mazis-Chambertin, then Chambertin Clos de Bèze whose vines almost imperceptibly become Chambertin – the vineyards seem contiguous. It is at this join,… Read More

2003 This vintage will keep the column inches ticking over for quite some time, probably more of those inches will be devoted to the weather than the wines themselves! The heat wave which bathed Europe during the summer brought about the earliest ‘ban des vendanges’ on record, in… Read More

A quick thank-you to those of you that took the trouble to write in with comments and encouragements, I’ve incorporated many of your suggestions – particularly those on legibility/readability of the text – so again thanks. This time I’ve made a compendium of all the wines tasted in bottle –… Read More

No slurping and spitting; these wines were drunk at home with food and friends between July and November 2004. I picked up a few regional 2002’s and whilst they weren’t bad, I had expected a little more given the vintage. Corkwatch: 2 from 78 = 2.6% REGIONAL WINES 2000… Read More

UPDATE: July 2004 – bottom of page UPDATE: Spring 2008 – The 2006s UPDATE: Autumn 2008 – The 2007s The négociant house of Alex Gambal first saw the light of day in July 1997. Alex Gambal, a native of Boston originally came to live in… Read More

This is basically a round-up of all the wines drunk over the last 6 months. Typically no slurping and spitting; these wines are drunk at home with food and friends but I’ll also place all wines tasted from bottle here. REGIONAL WINES 1999 Nicolas Potel, Côte de Nuits… Read More

Update: Tasting the 2003s with their maker Philippe Prost Update: Tasting the 2005s with Christophe Bouchard Update: Tasting the 2006s with their maker Philippe Prost Update: Tasting the 2007s with their maker Philippe Prost The company of Bouchard Père… Read More