Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
A tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair ten years ago brought the Winehog to life - a magnificent tasting of the 2010 vintage (plus some older bottles) convinced me that Burgundy was more than worth pursuing in a really geeky way. At the tasting were Roy Richards and Clive Coates, and they helped …
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I have followed Philippe Pacalet's wines since his first vintage almost 20 years ago. I furthermore followed the wines he made at Domaine Prieure-Roch before he began on his own. I enjoy Pacalet's wines, and they almost always provide - for me at least - an essential hedonistic joy, despite the …
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Marc Soyard is a limitless and unrestrained talent. He never seems afraid to try new things, and in his cellar there are always new projects and experiments brewing. Not all the experiments are to my liking, but Soyard's desire to improve, challenge received wisdom, and push the boundaries …
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Just back from tasting the 2019s at Domaine Dujac with Jeremy Seysses - a magnificent tour of this delightful vintage, and a treat to taste the bottled wines. The trip from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Morey-Saint-Denis was rainy, to say the least (raining hogs and pigs), and Brompton was both dirty …
Pierre-Olivier Garcia of Domaine Moron-Garcia is continuing to develop his viticulture and his baie-par-baie vinification concept. I have followed his work in the vineyards and seen the progress over the last four months. The vines have finished flowering, so it's (roughly) 80-100 days until …
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