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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2025 harvest is now getting closer, with around 50-60 days left of maturing, the timing is more or less unchanged from the first article from May 28th. The weather is very hot ... 30 degrees + ... and with this rate, the ripeness will come rapidly, unless there is a blockage due to a lack of …
[Read more...] about “À point” in 2025 … as the harvest is getting closer”
Wine is passion and wine is emotions, and while articles can have a lot of useful information ... a face-to-face talk is often the best way to discuss wine and convey the emotional joy and pleasure in a wine ... I love to talk wine - to have the chance to discuss and inspire ... A new …
There are many domains in Burgundy ... some unknown to the international market, and some completely unknown, mainly selling grapes to the big negociants. When a new generation takes over on these domains it's quite often that this will lead to a new direction with the production and sale of …
Global warming has caused some dramatic changes in Burgundy, where the weather seems to get more and more unpredictable and even violent. The hail episodes and storms over the past decade are most likely directly linked to global warming, as it appears there is an increase in hailstorm frequency …
There are always new estates turning up on the Burgundy heaven ... some are reviving old estates ... others are completely new ... And then there are the rare hidden estates producing some surprisingly fine wines ... in the conceiled parts of Burgundy. This week I was having lunch in …
[Read more...] about A unknown estate in Nuits-Saint-Georges
