No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were (in the main) really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were mainly drunk at home or at organised dinners between July 2006 – which averaged well over 30°C so plenty of… Read More

Domaine Leroy (Vosne-Romanée) – well would you turn down the chance to really drink (no ‘tasting’ here) 12 different bottles (2004-1966) with a wide selection of food at a Michelin-starred restaurant? No, neither would I The cost was actually less than a bottle of the ’66 Chapelle-Chambertin that we finished… Read More

The Mugniers originally hailed from Dijon. A successful 1800’s ‘liquor’ business was their platform to purchase in 1863 the Château de Chambolle-Musigny; an impressive bourgeois residence in the village of Chambolle – the house also happened to come with a modest 4 hectares of vineyards – modest in size… Read More

The Côte d’Or in winter: Take some dormant vines on a hillside, add a little snow here, add a little frost there – it can look so picturesque. The vineyards resemble old black and white lithographs from wood-cuts or the pencil lines on an artist’s sketchpad – but those photos… Read More

No slurping or spitting! No slurping and spitting; these wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between July 2005 and October 2005. … Corkwatch: 4 from 104 = 3.8% for ‘corked’ – best result for a while, apart from 2 being… Read More

The Class of 2002 – Grand Crus White and red, the 2002 vintage was very well-received on release; the wines were judged accessible but not facile, a high average quality was generated – and not only by our usual friends at the better producers. Never being afraid to grasp the… Read More

No slurping and spitting; these wines were really drunk and predominantly at home with food and friends between March 2005 and June 2005. I have the feeling that I’ve had too many corked wines recently but the figures are not that much higher than normal – maybe it was… Read More