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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Visiting Domaine Marc Roy is always a pleasure. Alexandrine Roy knows what she is doing, and she knows how to make and sell her wines: through quality, hedonism, joyfulness and charm. Some history of the Marc Roy estate Alexandrine is the fourth generation at the domaine. She is runs it …
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Two words - Rousseau and Chambertin - expectations are building up, great wine ahead. While Domaine Armand Rousseau is a legendary estate in Burgundy, the history of the family holdings on Chambertin is rather limited seen in a Burgundian timeframe, as the ownership dates back to the early …
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Chambertin Clos de Bèze is a large vineyard with some prominent yet somehow a bit under the radar wines from otherwise known producers. One such is Domaine Prieure-Roch in Premeaux - created by late Henri Frédéric Roch who sadly passed away in November 2018. To avid Burgundy collectors this name …
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Trapet and Chambertin - two words that for 100 years have been closely linked together by the Trapet family's important ownership of vines in this mighty grand cru. Arthur Trapet decided to buy his first plot of Chambertin in May 1919, and this holding was later expanded to become the …
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Visiting Maison Lou Dumont in Gevrey Chambertin is an entry into an exciting Japanese Burgundian world. The Maison Lou Dumont is the estate of Koji Nakada and Jae Hwa Park. Under the brand Lou Dumont, they run quite a large négoce business. They also have a small domaine under the name Domaine …
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