I'm old, I have been around for a while and I have been doing wine reviewing for quite many years now. And to be honest I can't stand doing extensive tastings of seemingly pointless wines anymore. I see, experience and taste quite many of wines from the Mâconnais with little sense of purpose, …
Restaurant Guide: Le Soleil
There are quite many good restaurants in the Côte d'Or, but only some stand out by offering inventive and truly enjoyable food. I have therefore decided to choose Savigny-lès-Beaune's Le Soleil as my Restaurant of the Year 2025 for its delightful food, and for the great moments it has given me. …
The maps revival – maps reborn
I have been neglecting the vineyard maps due to prioritising other content like harvest reports and expanding the tasting efforts. I have, however, reached the conclusion that I want to take a step forward and go more basic - to create the new generation of winehog ... with more new maps and maps …
Terroir Insight: Domaine Marchand-Tawse, Mazis-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin is a terroir with several interesting features - one being that Hospice de Beaune has a large plot on this vineyard - the other being that some of the old Gevrey estates have a plot with old massale selection pinot in this vineyard. One of the most prominent massale selections is …
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Restaurant Guide: Le Millésime (Update)
A good place in Chambolle-Musigny, especially for lunch. Restaurant Le Millésime 1 rue Traversière, 21220 Chambolle-Musigny The best restaurant in Chambolle-Musigny these days, this has become a truly fine place. The food is much sharper here in 2015. The set menu at lunch is only 27,90 …
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