My favourite lunch bistro. Restaurant La Dilettante 11 Rue du Faubourg Bretonnière, 21200 Beaune This is a unique bistro with an Asian twist. It has lovely food and some interesting wines, including some well-known natural-wine producers. I love the food, and have a soft spot for this …
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What I Eat, Drink and Think: Burgundian Traditions
And on that topic, this year's Saint-Vincent Tournante gathering brought more than 70,000 people to the celebration in the two small villages of Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis. This is really not my thing - I thought - but I was surprised to have some truly enjoyable wines in the glass. I …
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The Roses of Vosne-Romanée – Tasting Domaine Jean-Pierre Guyon’s 2022s
Hand-destemming grapes one by one - or a variation thereof - is a technique being tested and implemented more frequently by Burgundian winemakers. In Vosne-Romanée, Domaine Jean-Pierre Guyon is taking a step forward by using the technique, which Jean-Pierre calls "tri en nuage" (cloud sorting). …
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La CinsO 2022
It has now been more than a decade since I visited Domaine Anne Gros for the first time to taste her Minervois wines. I liked some of them, but at the time I wasn't looking for alternatives to Burgundy, so my focus was rather vague when I first met the CinsO, served by the charming Elodie Roy (who …
What I Eat, Drink, and Think: Vin d’Emotion
A vin d’émotion can often be boiled down to a few crucial factors. The producer is of course the key element: even the best terroirs can be ruined by a poor vigneron. The second element is the vegetal material itself: the clone, or the massal selection, is key. Some vines will naturally produce wine …
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