Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
We all know that Burgundy is an expensive and elusive hobby where we can spend hundreds of euros in the hunt for pleasure and optimal quality in a single bottle, We are blessed with opportunities, while others - even in Burgundy itself - are less fortunate. Illness can strike, sorrow and despair …
[Read more...] about Association Les Violettes – Supporting the Less Fortunate
During the Grand Jours de Bourgogne there is usually a Clos Vougeot tasting for the press; and so it was this year. It's a good initiative, although some of the wines perhaps lacked the standard that one expects from a modern-day Clos Vougeot. The prices of grand cru Burgundy today somehow raise …
I have known Benjamin Leroux almost since he started at Domaine Comte d'Armand in Pommard back in 1999 - i.e. some 20 years. I have perhaps not always fully appreciated his wines, but in recent years the style and quality have grown on me. And now I find myself really enjoying Ben's wines; …
[Read more...] about Visit to Benjamin Leroux – Tasting the 2020 Whites
Time to be generous! This month, Sotheby’s is facilitating an online charity auction of wines from a special Burgundy cuvee: Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2020 - Cuvée de l’Abbaye de Cîteaux. The funds raised through the auction will be used to finance the thorough - and important - ongoing …
[Read more...] about Auction Benefitting the Abbey de Cîteaux
I have now started to taste the 2021 vintage, and one of my first visits was to the Meuilley vigneron Nicolas Faure. This tasting highlighted the 2021 vintage and brought it into focus after tasting many great 2020s. It's important to see 2021 in the correct perspective after sampling the mighty …
[Read more...] about Putting 2021 into the Correct Perspective
