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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I have known Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne for quite some years; as he was a leading figure at Domaine Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet. Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne has a scientific education from French universities in general sciences, agronomy, and oenology. He graduated in 1999 from the elite …
[Read more...] about La Pierre Ronde: Antoine Lepetit la Bigne’s New Project
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 …
[Read more...] about Visit to Bernard Zito – tasting the 2019s
We journalists (or should I say the Winehog) like logical, coherent explanations and stories, as they fit into our preconceived and structured world. Many producers live up to this preference, with logically rounded portfolios of wines. We rarely we see producers going off the grid and …
[Read more...] about Maison Thiriet: tasting some 2019s and 2020s
"A wine like the Bourgogne Blanc Monatine 2017 has remarkable energy and zen-like balance with an extraordinary mineral depth and joie de vivre that even many grand crus in Burgundy miss: truly a vin d'émotion." This quote (of myself) was part of my motivation for awarding Marthe Henry Boillot …
Summertime and tastings. This week I attended a presentation of Domaine de Bellene by the founder of the estate Nicholas Potel, a well-known name in the Burgundian wine world. It was a lovely and quite extravagant tasting at the fine old Hotel d'Angeleterre in Copenhagen - or to be precise at the …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Bellene – Nicolas Potel, in other words
