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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is going to produce a new wine from 2019 .. a Corton-Charlemagne. According to Wine Spectator - Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti has made an agreement with Domaine Bonneau du Martray to lease a part of the estates Corton-Charlemagne holdings. See …
[Read more...] about New vineyard for Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Grands Jours de Bourgogne is one of the opportunities to check out new producers, and to evaluate progress amongst the known producers. I have found a quite few producers that are worth taking a look at - as progress have been made - and a few new producers - that I, at least, have not mentioned …
[Read more...] about Grands Jours – Discovered and rediscovered
I have been interviewed for a Danish radio program about wine and people - this was on air tonight. The name of the program is Flaskens Ånd - "The spirit of the Bottle" - and it's made by the excellent Danish journalist, Poul Pilgaard Johnsen. The program is sadly in Danish - but for the …
[Read more...] about Winehog in the radio program “Flaskens ånd”
This week I'm tasting 2016s from a range of estates - from Gevrey to Maranges. This is first impressions - and marks the start of my 2016 vintage coverage. Day one of my June 2017 Burgundy trip included Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Domaine Y. Clerget in Pommard and …
[Read more...] about Tasting the 2016s from cask … the style and quality?
It's always exiting to hear how people got started with their wine interest and career. Joss Fowler - currently Director at Renaissance Vintners and wine bogger - have published a great series of articles where well known - and apparently also less known - wine people tell the story about three …
[Read more...] about Three Bottles – a bit about the origin of the Winehog
