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Just to add a little to this year’s precipitation figures, the snow arrived in Burgundy on Thursday. One of the first frosty mornings gave way to snowflakes starting to fall around 10h30 and quickly ...

Sunday was a day of rest – almost – so time to take stock of the first week. The grander reds still wait in the vineyards, though a majority of the whites are now gathered. The lead image (above) ...

Two wines – both from Marc Morey. A 2001 that started very subdued and not so interesting, but ended up rather nice – however, I shall start with a worrying ‘turkey’: A much better wine (without doubt ...

I’d guess that Pierre Fenals is older than I am, but has jumped into this particular 2.8 hectare ‘exploitation’ with the enthusiasm and ideals of a twenty year-old, he also buys the fruit from a ...

2011 was a relatively low yielding vintage, but not exceptionally so. After this tasting I asked François Labet, the largest owner in Clos de Vougeot, if he might outline his perspective of the 2011 ...

Thursday was just your average evening: me gatecrashing a dinner in Beaune with 3 former ‘harvest (07) mates’, plus two winemakers and someone ‘ITB’ (in the business) from Australia… Prompted by an ...

Brown and oxidised. This is the first sub-standard (worse than!) bottle of this cuvée that I’ve ever had. A cuvée that I bought from its inaugural 2001 vintage chez Gambal until Boisset bought the ...

Thursday the 21 st November 2024 will be Beaujolais Nouveaux day – so how about a few stats to get us going? The area under vine continues to decrease in Beaujolais – in 2023 it was just 12,067 ...

Plus from each producer a few words on their 2019 and 2020 campaigns. As always, those extra-special wines that are worth a special search are highlighted for you: ...