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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Mother Nature is a beautiful, yet wayward and sometimes very moody lady. The weather can be unpredictable and at times very, very brutal, crushing people's hopes and dreams simply by turning down the temperature a couple of degrees at the wrong time. -6 celsius I was in the NSG vineyards …
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While 2019 is mentioned as the best year in history by some, the word on 2020 is not yet so unambiguous. Yet while it is early, views and preferences are starting to be formed. As an old man - 55 - I have seen a lot, and announcing a vintage as the best ever is not going to turn my head. I know, …
New small estates come on the scene in Burgundy, if not each day, then each week or month. Sometimes these estates come with true talent and the skills to actually make a hedonistic difference. Two good friends, Eric Pignal and Loïc Lamy, have started a small wine project in a well-known cellar …
Higher trellising is becoming more and more popular, as increasing the height of the rows does offer new possibilities as far as canopy-management decisions go. Below are some pictures taken in Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saints Juliens. Below, Pierre-Olivier Garcia is increasing the height of …
On Tuesday March 16 I discovered two new Vosne-Romanée estates! Both started up with the 2019 vintage, and both originate from older Vosne families. Each estate starts out with a very nice portfolio of vineyards and can eventually - if all parcels are taken back from metayage (share-cropping) …
