Romanée A hot year – you could say quite a dry one – but, as you can see, not dry finishing for the later pickers. The rain was quite strong in the Côte ...

Let us concentrate on the Côte d’Or: There are 4 potential ‘levels’ of wine which you can find in Burgundy, and one other that is interesting to discuss. Those levels are : Starting, where-else but at ...

A few images from Thursday with the team of the Hospices de Beaune The weekend is offering a nice respite from the rain of last week – though more rain is forecast for Monday, ie tomorrow: ...

A very discrete operation here, for the moment I don’t have a telephone number or an internet URL – but there are more important things in life – like wines – and here I found some great wines! It ...

Of-course, the most astute and detail-conscious of you will note an issue with the ‘title’ for this page – there is no ‘village’ of Saint-Véran, but for the sake of consistency with the other AOC ...

Côte d’Or updated based on most recent experiences, and adding the latest (2019 and estimates for 2020) vintage. And, of-course, also updating the tables for both Chablis and Beaujolais. The Côte d’Or ...

Today, it’s a sunny start in Beaune (right) – the people around town have smiles. Hereabouts, the size of grapes have generally been smaller this year – despite almost a hundred millimetres ...

I make no apologies for placing such a large warning sign against this producer. Anyone who is still tempted to invest in these wines, should do so with absolute clarity about the true position of the ...

The 2025 harvest has started with more of a whimper than a bang, so today (the weekend) I saw fewer teams picking in the vines. There are some plots of reds being picked – but almost always they are ...

– Inter Beaujolais – the marketing board for the Beaujolais region – describe the 2021 vintage as combative. – 2021 was a complicated year in terms of both the weather conditions and the amount of ...

Full, round and very complex aromas – never a classic wine of Chassagne to me – but super it its own way. Lush and rich yet with excellent acidity and energy. Surely some creamy barrel aspects but the ...