Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
In the fall of 2019, four wine geeks gathered in a small house in Vosne-Romanée. The group was made up of two vignerons: Mathieu Moron, Pierre-Olivier Garcia, an amateur vigneron and wine dealer, Tavs Ritzau and me the - the critic ... the Winehog, Steen Ohman. The first article about vin …
[Read more...] about Vin d’émotion – Burgundies of passion … 5 years on
The joy of visiting Burgundy, tasting the individual Burgundy estates and loving Burgundy as a region is all about the personal relations and links to the vignerons and their families. The Burgundy we know is however being threatened by inheritance taxes on estates and vineyards transferred to …
Tasting red Burgundies made without oak is a relatively new thing for me … at least in the top-end level - 1er cru and up!. I have tasted oak-based wines in 25 years and more so please bear with me here. I need to learn and first and foremost taste more .., before I get my head around this as …
[Read more...] about Tasting is believing? but try to understand
A vintage chart can be used in different ways and can provide benefits in many situations. One method is more unusual, but can lead you to wines with good emotional qualities: Looking for an older emotional vintage can get you a more mature pinot in the glass. A vintage chart can provide …
[Read more...] about Vintage d’Emotion – Using the Vintage Charts
I have visited many wine growers over the years, and these days it takes a lot to truly surprise and thrill me. This is the unadorned truth of being a wine writer. But a few weeks back I was surprised and thrilled to my core by a young vigneron who is creating poetry and music with some …
