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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
A visit to Antoine de la Bigne at La Pierre Ronde is always a treat. Antoine might not have the greatest of terroirs, and while his wines are great in many ways, they are not shouting and pushing this. They are subtle and delicate with an unusual intellectual stance. The La Pierre Ronde wines …
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Back with the lovely people at Le Grappin in Meloisey, a good distance from AMG Mercedes, Ferrari and the Porsches of famous appellations. This is in the part of Burgundy where Teslas did not even come into fashion before they dissapeared from the European car scene along with their makers. This …
I have known Domaine de Montille for many years, and have tasted both the classical Montille style practised by Étienne's legendary father Hubert de Montille ... and the more accessible style of Brian Sieve, who has been cellarmaster for the last 15 years and currently is making the wines for …
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I have known Domaine de Montille for many years, and have tasted both the classical Montille style practiced by Étienne's legendary father Hubert de Montille ... and the more accessible style of Brian Sieve who has been cellarmaster for the last 15 years and currently is making the wines for Étienne …
Back in the early 1990s Dominique Laurent became known for producing wines with 200% new oak ... a talk of town in Copenhagen, and even though the rather brutal handling of the juice seemed to be offputting ... the wines actually often turned out surprisingly good after some time after …
