Marsannay is an interesting area with a lot of good wines with quite some variation terroir-wise. Domaine Jean Fournier is in my view one of the best interpreters of the Marsannays ... and produces some really lovely wines - both white and reds. Laurent Fournier is a cheerful vigneron, and the …
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Visit Domaine Domaine Les Petits Lieux tasting the 2023s
The Guillaume Rouget and his wife Laure Guilloteau are not exactly new in the wine business, and the estate in Vosne-Romanée has a long history as the home of one of the most legendary producers of red Burgundy - Henry Jayer. They have, however decided to create a new estate "Domaine Les …
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“Taille tot, taille tard, rien ne vaut la taille de mars”
“Taille tot, taille tard, rien ne vaut la taille de mars” is an old saying (Prune early or prune late, nothing’s as good as pruning in March)!. We now have March 3rd, and both DRC, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, and not surprisingly Domaine Leroy still have the top vineyards left …
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Visit Domaine Prieuré-Roch tasting the bottled 2022
Domaine Prieuré-Roch has always had a strong place in my heart; a tasting in 2004 or 2005 in Copenhagen with Henry Roch really spurred my love of these wines. It’s now been almost seven years since Henry Roch passed away, and the estate is showing great form – perhaps a bit more streamlined? or …
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Give me my flounder back
Day in day out, I see thousands of wrong doings, environmental pollution and degradations of nature as we love it ... and all of this is done within the law. The law that is manipulated by lobbyists who are hired by the very people who are killing the air and soil we so desperately need to make a …