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2022 Beaujolais are looking great…

I’m only a dozen domaines into my 4 week tour of Beaujolais but things are looking excellent. The average (high-)quality of the 2022s that can be seen, in general, across greater Burgundy …

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weekend 5 2024 – Beaujolais training!

I will start my tour of Beaujolais in a few days – so what about a little training in preparation?! This was more a play-fight than a battle – both were wines that I would rebuy –…

It’s already week 4 of 2024 – best celebrate with some wine !!

2019 Boris Champy, Hautes Côtes de Beaune Altitude 421 A cushioned dark-red fruit cordial nose framed with some creamy oak – it really is a sumptuous invitation. With time in the glass –…

Concours des Vins de Chablis – 2022 vintage…

It’s that time of year again – it’s mid-January and I’m in Chablis – that means that it’s also time for the Concours des Vins de Chablis. Held over the weekend &…

A little Friday Chambertin…

I know that I’ve had flu and had to postpone all my Christmas wines – but this wasn’t a Christmas wine, it was a harvest lunch wine – but I caught covid :) I’m startin…

2022s from the Côte de Nuits

I’ve still another 35 reports to write, but given the number of emails I’ve already received from subscribers – ‘what can you tell me about this, what can you tell me about …

A couple of wines…

Getting the old taste buds back into action !! 2020 Chablisienne, Chablis 1er Montmains This was great wine – pre-bottling – I ordered a dozen. After taking delivery, it was obvious fro…

A new report – 2022 Part 3 – Reds from mainly the Côte de Beaune producers!

Part 3 – 2022 Reds (part 1) HERE !! This issue with my vintage summary – 2022 whites and reds together This is the third of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 30 mai…

RSV – what a difference a little patience makes…

Okay, in this instance nearly 25 years of patience for this, the last of the ‘cheap St.Vivants!’ Okay, cheap is certainly relative; this 1999 vintage still cost 80 Swiss Francs a bottle…

A new report – 2022 whites Part 2 !

Part 2 – the last day of the year! HERE !! This is the second of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 29 mainly white wine domaines from the Mâconnais – with a few gam…

A new report – 2022 whites !

Online before my Christmas lunch! HERE !! It’s the first of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 37 mainly white wine domaines from the Côte d’Or. I’ll follow th…

The great burgundy firesale…

In some places it’s already happened but be prepared for the wider ripple !! I’ve been expecting it to happen, and it now seems that there’s a chain of events underway that will b…

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Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 14

Saturday SEPT 23rd No, this wouldn’t be our last day yet. I’d not heard any whispers as to when we’d be ‘done’ so onwards and upwards again to the Hautes-Cotes and to the same site from yesterday –…

The 163rd Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction

Yesterday saw the sale of the 163rd edition of the Hospices de Beaune wine auction – the oldest charity wine auction – which delivered a total of €25.1 million including all the auction…