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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
One of the best visits I had in 2017 was to Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent in Santenay. Several friends had been encouraging me to visit Jean-Marc and his wife Anne-Marie to taste their lovely wines. Sometimes I’m a bit slow, but I finally felt compelled to arrange a visit in connection with expanding …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent – Tasting the 2022s from Cask
I had never visited Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey or Domaine Caroline Morey, so I was excited when I met Clement Colin, Pierre-Yves' and Caroline's son, and he offered me a tasting at the two Chassagne-Montrachet domaines. Domaine Caroline Morey is the estate of - wait for it - Caroline …
[Read more...] about A First: Visit to Domaine Caroline Morey – Tasting the 2021s
White and red Santenays are speaking to me and my grumpy old palate more and more. The white Santenays have an outstanding saline minerality also found in white Savigny-les-Beaune and parts of Pernand-Vergelesses. Add to this the fact that the red Santenays can be very interesting if the right …
[Read more...] about Domaine Antoine Olivier – An Exciting Estate
New small estates come on the scene in Burgundy, if not each day, then each week or month. Sometimes these estates come with true talent and the skills to actually make a hedonistic difference. Two good friends, Eric Pignal and Loïc Lamy, have started a small wine project in a well-known cellar …
I don't know Elodie Roy particularly well, and nonetheless she has been with The Winehog -sort of - for more than eight years, since my first visit to Domaine Anne Gros in 2012. The tasting at Anne Gros was (back then) conducted by a seemingly very hard-working and quite serious Elodie Roy. This …
[Read more...] about Domaine Elodie Roy 2019s – a new estate
