Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia is close to the Winehog as I did the harvest (or part of it anyway) at Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and was more on the sideline in 2024 and 2025 ... see the comments below regarding my connection to PO Garcia. I have therefore been able to …
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Visit to Domaine Jean-Marc Millot – Tasting the 2024s from Cask
Alix Millot have made some good 2024s ... good for the vintage and for the appellation. As always with the 2024s they are not amongst the most powerful wines in history, but when well made - like the Millot wines - they can produce quite some hedonistic happiness. There are limits ... and follow …
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Swapping barrels …
Vignerons normally harvest their own vineyards, and get their grapes from their own plots. It seems, however, that an increasing part of the wine production is coming from bought grapes, i.e grapes from vineyards owned by others. This can be a sale of grapes, of juice or even "more or less" …
Visit to Domaine Antoine Lienhardt – a mixed bag of goodies
The siblings Héloïse and Antoine Lienhardt are the talented, enjoyable people behind Domaine Antoine Lienhardt in Comblanchien. These are wines I know very well as they are go-to every day wines ... from the smallest cuvees to the Emphace To taste the wines here has become increasingly …
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A quick visit to Domaine Grivot
Yesterday I had a quick visit to Domaine Grivot to taste a bit of 2023 and 2024. Mathilde Grivot was cheerful as the 2025 vintage is now in the cellar with a good yield as a result. I will return to taste the full 2024 vintage, and the visit was more casual talk to retaste some of the …