The 2025 harvest is now getting close, with around 30 days left of maturing, the timing is pushed a bit due to the cooler and more unstable weather in the last week. We have had quite some rain ... and this has so far been mainly positive as the wines needed some water for the last dash towards …
Chablis – Domaine Antoine et Laurent Robin 2023
I rarely taste Chablis. This became an unfortunate habit back when my main mode of transport was my Vespa. Despite my love for my Vespa, servicing Chablis with your scooter is perhaps being overly optimistic, as my home is in Nuits-Saint-Georges. I have tasted Domaine Antoine et Laurent Robin …
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Prices and discussing prices
Let's face it. Talking prices and markups is never easy, and importers and restaurateurs often have difficulty in addressing the elephant in the room ... the high markups. When a restaurant is selling a good but not fantastic Aligoté at 20 EUR per glass, then something has gone wrong ... terribly …
Marchand-Tawse Mazis-Chambertin 2014-2023
Summer seems to be the time of big tastings and events in Nuits-Saint-Georges … first the 200 celebration of Faiveley and then a wonderful perspective on the ethereal Mazis-Chambertin of Domaine-Marchand Tawse. The Mazis-Chambertin is one of the very top wines of Marchand-Tawse bottlings, …
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Burgundy – perspective – holiday is over!
I rarely go on holiday as the Winehog project is taking up all my time. This year, however, I took a week in Denmark with my Danish relatives, including my dear old mother - Rita -, now 92. I was nice ... but in reality I missed France, I missed Burgundy, and finally I was longing back to my home …
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