Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I now travel to Burgundy 5 to 6 times a year to taste wines from the best producers.
From each visit I produce an article with tasting notes and relevant informations about the producer and the vintage at hand.
The world is sometimes strangely small… when rumours regarding new vignerons in Corgoloin come to you from a guy from Dubai who, during the unrest in the Persian Gulf, is staying in Hong Kong. Goes to show that it is good to have wine friends all over the globe ... Finnish drunks, Danish …
[Read more...] about Domaine Leovila – a promishing new start
Jane Eyre is the new winemaker at Comte Armand in Pommard ... one of the old estates in Burgundy. Jane just began, and the first vintage she will be making is the 2026 vintage ... anyhow, I decided to visit Jane at the start to see where the estate comes from. Jayne Eyre Within the last couple …
[Read more...] about Jane Eyre and the 2024 Domaine Comte Armand
Back at Laurent Ponsot for the annual tasting - this time 2023 ... an enjoyable vintage for those who managed the yield and ripeness. Ponsot did just that with the reds - clearly a generous year, and the result is a lineup of enjoyable reds with a high drinkability. Enjoyable yet not super …
Fabien Coche is one of the rising stars of Meursault. The wines are pure, vivid and with a beautiful expression of the individual terroirs. This was, however, my first visit to Fabien Coche ... and while I have followed the wines for some years ... what a miss ... clearly an estate I need to …
The time has come for one of the highlights of the tasting season ... the tasting of the latest vintage from Comte Liger-Belair - the already fabled 2025s. It is no secret that the Comte Liger-Belair wines are among my favourites in Burgundy, and with the expansion of the portfolio from 2022 and …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – Tasting the 2025s
