We are in what I would call the "golden age" of Burgundy. In every town and village, cranes are working to fulfil the desire of vignerons to expand and improve. I may not have lived in Burgundy for long, but I have studied its wines, people, and culture for more than 30 years. This was only …
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Harvest 2023: Impressions
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Harvest 2023: The Big Bang Arrives
The 2023 harvest has been strangely disparate, and while there has been sparse activity for two weeks, it is only the last days that one sees considerable action in the Côte de Beaune, and the start of picking the top-end crus all the way up to Gevrey-Chambertin. We're now seeing harvesting from …
Jane Eyre: An Australo-Norwegian surprise!
I was involved over the last couple of months in a project reviewing some Hospices de Beaune wines for an Asian client. It was interesting in that it focused more on the elevage than on the wines themselves, and showed in many instances wider degrees of decision-making freedom taken by the vignerons …
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Harvest Has Begun in the Côte de Nuits
The 2023 harvest of reds and whites has begun in the Cote de Nuits, and will accelerate over the coming weekend. Yesterday, Comte Liger-Belair harvested some of the fruit in Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes - the chardonnay and the young pinot noir vines at the bottom of the …