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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I taste a lot of the best Burgundies available, and while I avoid most of the worst producers and the worst wines, I still taste some truly awful, sloppy stuff. Some producers happily ignore problems with their wines, while simultaneously neglecting quality issues related to excessive …
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Les Aligoteurs is a (sort of) annual event held by the rapidly growing organization with the purpose of promoting aligoté and expanding its acceptance, understanding, and consumption. This is a vivid and lively organization with plenty of members showing the will to work hard and improve. The …
I now come to the second report on Clément Boillot's family wine portfolio, consisting of three domaines: his own endeavour in Beaujolais; his father's estate, Domaine Louis Boillot; and Domaine Ghislaine Barthod from his mother. In this article I cover Domaine Louis Boillot. His father's domaine …
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The 2023 auction at the Hospice de Nuits in Nuits-Saint-Georges is March 12, and on March 10 I had the opportunity to taste the 2022 wines that will be auctioned this weekend. It was a quick tasting of all the appellations, and it gave a first look at the Nuits-Saint-Georges wines as …
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I must admit that Nicolas Groffier's wines tempt me more and more. Since 2010 (at least), their quality has taken quite a leap. It is always very high, and Nicolas plays a very finely tuned instrument to get the results he does year after year. The 2021 vintage is special here, as all the …
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