As you can imagine, the possibilities of doing live interviews with eligible Burgundy geeks are few and far between in a time of lockdown. I have therefore decided to start a new trend: the self-interview, which I'm sure will become the new black - or at least yellow. Wine journalist the …
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Instant Coffee, Instant Wine, Instant Burgs?
The trends and tendencies are moving toward quick or instant gratification and consumption. Fast food, instant coffee ... and few seems to have the time to wait for the sublime experience ... A lot of this is contemplated openly by choice; wines are consumed earlier, often just after the release …
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Cork the natural choice
Cork and wine is part of the same tradition and heritage - and more so than meets the eye. With the Burgundy vineyards becoming UNESCO world heritage it's in my view important to look at the other historic and cultural elements of the viticulture traditions of Europe - to ensure these are …
The Diam closure – now and in the long run
The Diam closure is now used by many of the top producers of white and while this has or is expected to eliminate the premox problems some collectors are still sceptical about this new closure - I for one want to learn more about the long term effects of using Diam instead of natural …
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Ageing potential of Burgundies – relevant or not?
Ageability of Burgundies is often discussed .. and in my view this could be relevant but in most contexts its not - and here is why. I recently published some notes on Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé 2014 bottled wines - and a guy asked me if they are for long term ageing. This is not the first …
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