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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Pierre-Olivier Garcia of Domaine Moron-Garcia is continuing to develop his viticulture and his baie-par-baie vinification concept. I have followed his work in the vineyards and seen the progress over the last four months. The vines have finished flowering, so it's (roughly) 80-100 days until …
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Domaine Georges Glantenay is the second of two well-known Glantenay estates in Volnay, the other being Bernard and Thierry Glantenay, whom I visited in July 2019. Georges Glantenay is a sister-and-brother joint venture, with Sarah in charge of sales and brother Guillaume in charge of viticulture …
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Roumier's Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2010 is showing magnificently. It's chock full of red fruit, fine, very delicate rose petals, and a slight, distant note of tar. The generous, perfumed nose of raspberries and hints of strawberries is staggeringly beautiful, as it's supported by the beginning of …
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Bernard Zito is not a rookie in the wine business. He has worked with vineyards and viticulture - more specifically organic and biodynamic viticulture - for years. He was employed from 1987-2005 at the Boisset group, owned by Jean-Charles Boisset, where he worked on the implementation of …
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Traditions are to be cherished. This was how I began the article about the Roulot 2018s last year, when the COVID situation was disturbing me, my work and my tastings. Now here I am again chez Roulot, tasting the 2019s - another relatively hot and generous year, but strangely, not very …
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