Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Burgundian rosé is not common on the winehog table - but I am expanding a bit on the summer rosé theme. The new Vosne estate Arnaud et Sofie - started by Arnaud Sirugue and his wife Sofie Noëllat - has made a delightful rosé, provence style. It's a vivid and well structured wine - a passetoutgrain …
[Read more...] about Domaine Arnaud et Sophie, Bourgogne Passetoutgrain rosé 2017
The Winehog sometimes travels to the southern part of France. Perhaps even more surprisingly I also have a soft spot for rosé wines - a love affair going back 20 years to a stay in Paris. I enjoy a good rosé, as these chilled wines - preferably with a balancing hint of tannin - offer lovely …
[Read more...] about Rosé: a Winehog tasting of 2018 Bandol and Côtes de Provence
Summertime and tastings. This week I attended a presentation of Domaine de Bellene by the founder of the estate Nicholas Potel, a well-known name in the Burgundian wine world. It was a lovely and quite extravagant tasting at the fine old Hotel d'Angeleterre in Copenhagen - or to be precise at the …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Bellene – Nicolas Potel, in other words
The focus on drinkable and at least somehow affordable wines have lead to the initiation of the Winehog award or rating. I know that most wines with a 86 points rating often are overlooked and forgotten, while the 93 point Malconsort gets more attention. The fact is however, that I often …
[Read more...] about Why and why not a Winehog Rating – enjoyable and delightful wines in focus
On my November trip to Burgundy I found a "new" and interesting name that I wanted to visit and explore further. The name is Jérôme Galeyrand - who is producing very interesting wines from a small location on N974 in Gevrey-Chambertin/Brochon. I first tasted the wines of Jérôme Galeyrand at the …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand – tasting the 2018s and some 2017s
