short notes from the Winehog …

Impression from Hospices de Beaune auction … rainy day with hopefully sunny wines ...

A lovely and complex old girl … developing 2 hours in the bottle/glass displaying more and more spicy notes sous-bois, orange peel and lastly a hint of coffee… a delight … even with a emotional hint ♥️ ...

Hospices de Beaune weekend … lets go ...

Champagne frais et léger … merci 😘 Bereche et Fils Le Cran Premier Cru Brut Nature … like you want it Mme ou Peut-être Mmes ...

All the press was up early and attending. Fine and relatively lightfooted 2024 … charming and most boasting a lovely drinkability … the integration of the oak is a key with so few oaks ...

The 2024 vintage was hard for the vignerons in Vosne. Cathiard had to assemble the NSG aux Murgers and the NSG Thorey … and the production was down with 50%

the 2024s are light-footed and digest … for medium term drinking … good emotionals ...

Very beautiful 2024 lineup from Coffinet-Duvernay … Bastien Duvernay has produced elegant and quite classical wines … many cuvees will have very good emotional scores.

Coffinet-Duvernay has now been promoted to ♥️♥️ vin d’émotion … both new wines and older tasted show true emotional qualities ...

Yes more days like this … a decent start … lunch is the time of the day … lovely juice … Coche does take the honor … wow it just a treat ...

NSG autumn Friday … auction and busy days next week ...

the Nicolas Faure Aligoté is out of this world. The grand cru like structure and format, the intensity and depth gives this wine a unique spot in the world of aligotees ... what a wine. The 2023 is quite complex and outgoing ... wow ... a treat ... a serious wine ❤️ ...

Beautiful RSV from Hudelot-Noellat … lively and with a lovely emotional side when the oak blows off. Lovely perfumed complexity ...

Delightful 2023 … lovely and lively …,vin d’émotion … love the juicyness. ...

2024 is light and lightly coloured … a delicious change but even lightness has its limits ...

Alvina Pernot and her husband Philippe are currently producing some of the best new whites in Burgundy - very refined style … very much Puligny with lovely energy and focus “even” in the village wines. The 2024 range of villages and 1er crus and grand cru is stunningly good. ...

Lovely 2024s from Alix Millot … harmonious annd with a good focused mid-palate fruit. They are lightfooted and showing good drinking. A lovely set of 2024s ...

New estate in Vosne - almost - is owned by the couple Alexandre et Justine Carminati- who originate from the Mongeard-Mugneret estate. Style is elegant modern Vosne … quite far from the MM origin. These are lovely wines to test … a bit cautious stylewise … but they have a good likeable core 😊 ...

Lovely lightfooted 2024s … catches the good spirit of the vintage … transparent and delicate extraction perfectly judged … lovely ...

Fantastic 2024s such concentration … purity of the flavours … I am flapdpergasted. A amazing … vraiment!!! ...

a small US/Norvegian estate in Meursault. Some of these small estates have a magical hand ... in some wines this is the case with Joachim Skyaasen ... if youu - like I - love light and airy reds. Has a delicacy in the reds ... could perhaps be explained by the vertical press (old style) we will see. Will definately try to follow Skyaasen ... love this word ...

Full tasting of the 2024 lineup with Mathilde Grivot ... quite some beautiful surprises in this difficult year. As always pick the emotional wines ... it is important especially in 2024. Tasting report will come shortly ... when I get the hog in gear. ...

Always a treat at Jean-Luc Burguet … delightful 2024s … an estate to follow ...

NSG late afternoon ... beautiful on a sleepy day ...

“In 2010, Anthony Bourdain spoke on the Good Food Podcast about how to have the best eating experience possible. "Ideally, eating should be a completely emotional, non-intellectual experience," he explained. He used the example of how a chef eats to clarify. "They generally walk into restaurants and say `I`ll have what you`re good at,`" Bourdain said. That puts the trust in the chef, allowing them to focus on what they know will taste good, rather than the customer having to come up with demands.”

Read More: https://www.tastingtable.com/2003041/anthony-bourdain-secret-ordering-restaurant-best-dish/ ...

A Alsace blessing … slightly matured note … vague petrol note … elegant straight and focused … a fall miracle on this day ...

lovely Premeaux view from PremNord on a fall afternoon ...

Elegantly structured 2024th at Georges Noëllat. A quite uniform lineup in total … the top end is pulling … the Mazoyeres is showing very well ...

Lovely tasting with Mathilde Grivot … 2023 and an older Richebourg 1991 - other hyper highlights Beaumonts 2023 and Richebourg 2023 … lovely cheerful tasting … 2024 notes will come a bit later ...

Tasting of Domaine Roulot with Paul Delorme … always a treat - the 2023s are very lovely … showing even better than at the tasting in April ...

Emphase 2023 is a delightful glass - dancing on the edge of refinement and joyful hippie juice - Antoine Lienhardt seems to hit the balance perfectly these last years ...