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.
Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont - also known as Domaine Axelle Machard de Gramont - is one of my fixed annual tastings. I missed out on the 2024 tasting ... was fed up with 2024s at the time, but tasting some of the 2024s this time also proved me wrong ... Axelle seems to have gotten her …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont – Tasting the 2025s
Skyaasen is a relatively new micro-négociant located in the very core of Meursault. The estate was started 6 years ago by a Norwegian-American couple who moved to Burgundy in 2017. Skyaasen - the Story Skyaasen is the brainchild of Olivia and Joachim. Joachim grew up in Norway and Olivia in …
Burgundy is all about knowing the good and right producers. Vintages are different, but in reality, it is almost always the same producers who make the good wines and the Vin d`emotion. They have the right vineyards and the talent to produce the wines. Vigneron: Benoit Chevallier - Benoit …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Benoit Chevallier – Tasting the 2025s
I already named Domaine Edouard Confuron Flavour of the Year in 2026, so naming another estate Flavour of the Year in 2026 would be a breach of protocol. So we need to jump into the future ... almost inspired by the very early harvest in 2026. So here we go ... Flavour of the Year 2027 Flavour …
[Read more...] about Flavour of the Year 2027 – Domaine Leovila
Nicolas Morin is a good wine producer, but also a somewhat untraditional vigneron. He works with very little sulphur... not that this is very untraditional these days ... but it becomes more unconventional ... as he has some quite rare .... or should I say unconventional terroirs in the very, very …
