Some restaurateurs in Burgundy think that greed is unlimited and will stay unpunished. They are mistaken! We are, however, quite many people who know your prices at the domaines, and can calculate your obscene markups... and enough is enough ... From the beginning of 2026 I will remove the …
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Vins d’Emotion from Nuits-Saint-Georges – (update 2026)
I have decided to update the producer lists to make it easier to find producers with a true vin d`émotion potential. Some producers make a few emotional wines, and the rest are more tedious, and I have tried to include this in lists - hence some producers can occur in two categories .. tedious …
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2026 … sharpening the pencil
Given the continued increase in Burgundy prices it seems reasonable to increase the demands we have to the wines we acquire. This will mainly hit the indifferent wines in the lower to medium range, hence wines that does not give much pleasure or joy. I have sometimes been too nice reviewing these …
Finding the Joy – The Quaffables
Finding enjoyable and affordable wines these days is not an easy task, and I have therefore decided to make a new effort to highlight these wines and their alternatives. We need to do some soul searching ... and go back to the core ... Why are we drinking these wines? Thirst, lunch, dinner, a …
Drink, buy, taste or not
The Winehog has a diverse taste ... there are, however, regardless of style, things I do not like. Annoying and flawed wines is self-explantory ... Tedious wines ... boring or lack the energy and the transparency are other dislikes. I have pretty clear views ... regarding wine ... I will taste …