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The “Premox” remake? A Winehog Comment

By Steen Öhman May 13, 2025 -

I am worried ... truly and deeply worried!! I have tasted some high-quality whites from recent vintages ... and there is a worrying tendency. I find that even very good wines are fading and oxidising. Some of these are just fading and lacking energy with a remote oxidative hint, while others are …

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Vin d’émotion – Burgundies of passion … 5 years on

By Steen Öhman December 18, 2024 -

In the fall of 2019, four wine geeks gathered in a small house in Vosne-Romanée. The group was made up of two vignerons: Mathieu Moron, Pierre-Olivier Garcia, an amateur vigneron and wine dealer, Tavs Ritzau and me the - the critic ... the Winehog, Steen Ohman. The first article about vin …

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Alive but dead

By Steen Öhman December 15, 2024 -

This month, I had the pleasure of tasting old Burgundies back to 1923 from the magnificent cellar of Bouchard Pere et fils. It was a great tasting with only well-preserved and optimum bottles - for the vintage. The team of Frédéric Engerer of Domaine Artemis has done an outstanding job finding …

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Burgundy taxed to death?

By Steen Öhman December 10, 2024 -

The joy of visiting Burgundy, tasting the individual Burgundy estates and loving Burgundy as a region is all about the personal relations and links to the vignerons and their families. The Burgundy we know is however being threatened by inheritance taxes on estates and vineyards transferred to …

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Support Winehog in sending the Best Wishes for 2025

By Steen Öhman December 4, 2024 - Leave a Comment

2024 has been a tough year for both vignerons and the Winehog. Inflation is high, prices are rising ... and the expenditures of running a website like Winehog is growing as we speak. I have tried to keep the subscriptions quite low price-wise, but I will have to adjust soon to make ends meet. …

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French cellar talk

  • Egrappage: Destemming
  • Éraflage : Destalking
  • Foulage: Crushing or stirring
  • Encuvage: Vatting
  • Pigeage: Cap Punching down
  • Remontage: Pumping Over
  • Fermentation Alcoolique: Alcoholic Fermentation
  • Ecoulage: Running off
  • Décuvage: Devatting
  • Pressurage: Pressing
  • Assemblage: Blending
  • Débourbage: Must Settling
  • Bourbes: Lies (general translation)
  • Fermentation Malolactique: Malolactic Fermentation
  • Soutirage: Racking
  • Sulfitage: Sulphiting
  • Elevage: Maturing
  • Collage: Fining
  • Filtration: Filtration
  • Mise en bouteilles: Bottling

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