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My list of emotional winegrowers is now a year old, and while the work in the last areas (Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaune, and the Hautes Côtes de Beaune and Nuits) is still lacking its finishing touches, I feel the obligation to promote a domaine to the highest level: Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand …
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Sorting just-harvested grapes is very important, at least according to some - hopefully most - vignerons. Some sorting is carried out by pickers in the vines, with the rest done at the winery on the way to the press or fermentation tanks. This process is normally done on various types of sorting …
This year, I again helped with the harvest at Domaine Garcia in Nuits-Saint-Georges. As I am both slow and not extremely handy, my help could not be compared with that of an experienced local worker. I did my best, however! I started out with the team on Aug. 26, and I had my last working day on …
Selecting the right barrel for the job is, in a big vintage like 2022, an even greater challenge, as the large harvest means many producers will see a shortage of barrels and barrel options. Add to this the small, boutique producers with one-barrel cuvees, and this can easily become a problem …
We're entering the last week of the 2022 harvest, and by Sept. 18 or so, most of the vineyards in central Burgundy will have been picked clean of their fruit. The current view of this year is that of a rich, generous harvest, in which a shortage of casks and paucity of tank space are amongst the …
