After a year with Covid and its accompanying restrictions, we all need to relax and enjoy, to celebrate like there IS a tomorrow, to kiss and hug and all the other things that currently are banned. I know we will have to wait a bit longer, but my God! Even grumpy old men like me are in a hugging …
In the Glass
The true hedonistic joy of wine
I have been ranting a lot about vins d'émotion and the importance of feeling and appreciating their hedonistic, joyful excitement. As I get older I find this becomes even more important, with this impression surely accentuated by the current Covid crisis. I miss the opportunity to seek out these …
The 2020 harvest has started (!)
The 2020 harvest has begun, and while the development of the crop was good for a long period, the recent combination of heat and drought is causing problems for many vignerons. The harvest is a bit earlier than first anticipated. Many will start around August 22, but others, especially in the Cote …
La Romanée – a hedonistic treat
A hedonistic treat is what I am constantly looking for. Not points, not weight, not density, but zen-like balance, refinement, and sheer joy. For me, there are few wines that offer this - along with generosity and effortlessness -as consistently as La Romanee from Domaine du Comte …
Vin d’émotion = Recommendation
I have for years summed up my tasting/visit articles with a recommendation: what to buy, what to search for, and what to hopefully acquire. This summary has the potential to collide with my vin d'émotion rating system, so I have therefore decided to merge the two. Vins d'émotion - these are the …