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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy ... yet respecting the recommended 2 meters distance to friends and foes. The last known bottle Vintages always evoke nostalgia, more so when it is your birth year. Mine was a great one, not …
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This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy. BEST BGO IN TOWN! A few years ago, I discovered a cellar outside of Lyon that was for sale, the owner had bought many bottles from Domaine Georges Mugneret in previous decades. One wine, vintage 1982, was …
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy. VINTAGES : NOT JUST A NUMBERS GAME! Does it add up? Sometimes you are trapped when you try to reduce life’s experiences to a CFO’s balance sheet. Behind the vintage are many emotions, and your …
[Read more...] about Collins Corner #22 – Vintages: Not just a numbers game!
I have always been fascinated with vineyards next to, almost part, or otherwise related to the 'expensive and famous'. One commune with a wealth of riches is the iconic 'Chambertin', or properly Gevrey Chambertin. I felt at one time the power families of this area appropriated vineyards …
A flood of statistics have been created in the rush to find the first and best information on red Burgundies. If numbers are to be believed, Recently with 2014,15,16,17,and the 2018 , 'Outstanding' numbers proliferate. The best headlines are reserved for 2015 and now 2018, although the latter is …
