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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Sometimes you know that a new man or woman in a great vineyard will almost certainly produce something special... Chantereves: This estate has a special place for me; I like and enjoy the wines here. As an old Mosel fanatic, I value the German link that Tomoko Kuriyama brings to the wines. That …
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Domaine Simon Bize in Savigny-les-Beaune produces beautiful wines from Savigny's terroirs, but is a bit overlooked as regards the grands crus, where few know its Latricieres-Chambertin or the perhaps even lesser-known Corton-Charlemagne. This is both unfair and sad, as I find especially the …
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The Covid lockdown is creating quite a bit of stress on the calendar, and on my ability to expand the Winehog site as planned. One could fall into despair or, alternatively, try to manage. Given the situation, I feel we have done OK, although I would vastly prefer being in Burgundy tasting as we …
Some wines have tremendous hedonistic appeal - at least to me. One example is Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes, a wine that combines refined detail with hedonistic generosity from relatively deep, ample soil. No one seems to express the joyful, hedonistic charms of Feusselottes better than …
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Domaine Michel Gaunoux is a special and unique estate. It respects traditions and upholds these to the benefit of fans of older-school Burgundy. Burgundy in retrospect Burgundy has changed radically since I began my quest for great pinot and chardonnay in the early 1990s. Back then, …
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