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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Burgundy is a magnificent place with tremendous wines, tasty food, beautiful countryside and villages to experience and enjoy. This is, however, a problem when on a wine-tasting trip. There are too many appointments and too little time to simply live and enjoy Burgundy, to indulge and float …
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Planning tastings in Burgundy is sometimes difficult, as unexpected events can delay the program and - if you're not careful - cause problems for the rest of the day. The Grivot visit last year came after a lovely tasting at Domaine Dujac, an event that took a bit more time than planned (by me at …
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I'm back at Domaine Cathiard after missing the 2017s last winter. And YES, it is good to be back. Cathiard has certainly taken its place in the Vosne hierarchy as a regular, dependable producer of hedonistic and very enjoyable wines. These are great wines. So let's get thrilled ... Photo: …
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Charles Lachaux is taking some giant leaps for, if not mankind, then at least for the hedonistic pleasure of yours truly and other connoisseurs. His 2018 wines are another clear step towards the very top echelon of Burgundy and Vosne-Romanee. They are airy, energetic, and vivid, with tremendous …
[Read more...] about Tasting the 2018s at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
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 …
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