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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2015 vintage was a hot vintage - and a dry vintage during the summer, and even though rain came in August some vineyards and especially younger vines seem to have suffered from lack of water. Some vines apparently got stressed by the lack of water during the summer, while other …
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07/03/2017# - Sometimes we all tend to take wines to seriously - perhaps due to the value they represent these days - but in the end it is just grape juice stored in a bottle! I have now been full-time wine writer for 6 months or so ... and many things are now focused around wine and Burgundy. …
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Cheerful, relaxed and yet intrigued ... this are the emotions one gets when visiting Étienne Julien at Domaine Julien in Comblanchien. This also apply to the wines made here - they are energetic and vibrant with an effortless hedonistic note of being easy going. Like Étienne Julien the …
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Burgundy is fascinating as you can explore the wines of the region for decades and visit the villages for years and yet new estates and new names appear on your radar all the time. Domaine Pernot-Belicard is one of the new estates on my radar .. although the estate was shaped some years back …
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