Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
There is, in my view, a common misconception that wines are solely the result of terroir, climate, and the sepage used in the vineyards. In fact, global warming is day by day increasing the importance of human intervention - that being timing of the harvest and talent to create some Burgundian …
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Another new and upcoming estate... Clémentine et Léon Bordet, a Pernand Vergelesses estate located just across the road from the legendary Bonneau de Martray estate It's a small estate owned by the couple Clementine and Léon Bordet ... a new estate renting most of the vineyards. Here is a very …
[Read more...] about Clémentine et Léon Bordet – an emerging estate
New talents do emerge very rapidly sometimes ... from one day unknown and then blossoming as new finds and stars on the Burgundy wine lists the next day. Maï Roblin Bazin is one of these brewing and emerging stars: small production, only a few wines, and wines that are not from any of the …
Burgundy is getting hotter and hotter, and the climate is getting "almost" too hot to grow cool and balanced Chardonnays. The 2026 vintage is a clear example of this ... where alcohol levels rose well beyond 14% and sometimes even to more than 15% This sort of raises the question ... are there …
My neighbour has a few bottles, tanks, and barrels in his cellar ... and this does come in handy from time to time My neighbour is, of course, Marchand-Tawse with Pascal Marchand and his son Odilon Marchand at the wheel or at the rudder. I have been very curious... very The first …
