Let's face it. Talking prices and markups is never easy, and importers and restaurateurs often have difficulty in addressing the elephant in the room ... the high markups. When a restaurant is selling a good but not fantastic Aligoté at 20 EUR per glass, then something has gone wrong ... terribly …
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Marchand-Tawse Mazis-Chambertin 2014-2023
Summer seems to be the time of big tastings and events in Nuits-Saint-Georges … first the 200 celebration of Faiveley and then a wonderful perspective on the ethereal Mazis-Chambertin of Domaine-Marchand Tawse. The Mazis-Chambertin is one of the very top wines of Marchand-Tawse bottlings, …
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Burgundy – perspective – holiday is over!
I rarely go on holiday as the Winehog project is taking up all my time. This year, however, I took a week in Denmark with my Danish relatives, including my dear old mother - Rita -, now 92. I was nice ... but in reality I missed France, I missed Burgundy, and finally I was longing back to my home …
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The Price of Wine
We all know it ... Burgundies are expensive ... and can even be very expensive ... A part is that the domaines have increased the prices significantly, but in reality, this is not the full picture. The formulas used by many importers and restaurant accounts contribute significantly to the …
Final view of the 2023 vintage
July 2025 and most of the 2023 tastings are now completed. It is therefore time to wrap up the vintage and look forward to 2024 and the 2025 vintages that are just around the corner. I got a jump on the vintage already in November 2023, when Cécile Tremblay showed me her 2023s in connection …