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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Burgundy for collectors and other geeks is about sorting and picking the right producers and the very best wines. It is always a balance, as top-end producers often make both very good wines and some less interesting wines, to say it bluntly. Domaine Armand Rousseau produces a range of truly …
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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" …
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 …
[Read more...] about 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. This was my first visit to the estate -strangely - as I taste and drink many of its wines thanks to my local wine pusher. So I should know the wines, but let's go …
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I'm back at CLF (Domaine Coquard-Loison-Fleurot) to taste the 2022s, and my expectations are high. A family estate with fine terroirs Coquard-Loison-Fleurot has been on quite a journey. A few years back, one could find the domaine's wines in Beaune's supermarkets. Additionally, quite a bit …
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