In the coming weeks, I will have the pleasure of participating in and reporting from the harvest at Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia in Nuits-Saint-Georges (formerly Moron-Garcia). I will, time permitting, produce a daily update. Harvest at this estate is different from most of the rest of Burgundy, …
The Baie-par-Baie Harvest
In the coming weeks, I will have the pleasure of participating in and reporting from the harvest at Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia in Nuits-Saint-Georges (formerly Moron-Garcia). The harvest at this estate is different from most of the rest of Burgundy, as the time-consuming baie-par-baie …
Indifference or Disgust
I have followed Burgundy wines closely since the early 1990s - almost 30 years -and during this period I have seen a vast improvement in their quality on average. When I began my Burgundy quest, 80% of randomly selected Burgundies were either poor, som downright disgusting, or flawed, without a …
Terroir Insight: Domaine Thomas-Collardot Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères
Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères is a vineyard producing many different wines, from the elusive and expensive Domaine d'Auvenay to some very small, interesting cuvees from new and exciting producers. One of my favourite wines from the Enseignères vineyard comes from Domaine …
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Harvest 2021 – day 0
There's now approximately one week to the start of harvest, and Domaine P.-O. Garcia in Nuits-Saint-Georges is still adjusting his harvest plan while following the grapes' maturation closely. Yesterday we were in the vineyards north of Nuits-Saint-Georges to collect samples for a lab test of key …