Making maps of Burgundy's vineyards can be very time consuming, as the number of details is endless. When I make maps, it is to illustrate a story - or perhaps several stories - about wines and producers. A map without a story is like a GPS without a vehicle: It will not take you very …
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Collins Corner #25 – The Good Doctor
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the Hospice de Beaune and its Cortons ... yet respecting the recommended 2 meters distance to friends and foes. I opened a bottle of Hospices wine for Easter. A very quiet time this year, more significant than normal. Like many of you, I spent the …
Collins Corner #24 – The last known bottle!
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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Hail, Hailstorms – and even a Hail Mary
Global warming has caused some dramatic changes in Burgundy, where the weather seems to get more and more unpredictable and even violent. I don't have any solid evidence that the hail episodes over the past decade are directly linked to global warming, but neither do I find assertions that the …
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Collins Corner #23 – BEST BGO IN TOWN!
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 …