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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Trilogie en Côte de Nuits - tasting is a perfect oportunity to taste and compare. A lot of the best producers from Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Flagey and to a lesser degree Morey and Chambolle present their wines at Chateau Clos de Vougeot - this year the 2015s. The 2015 vintage is hyped ... most …
[Read more...] about Impressions from Trilogie en Côte de Nuits – tasting the 2015s
I'm an old and rather sentimental guy at times ... and the Ponsot news was a deep cut in my Bungundy roots. The first Grand Cru Burgundies I bought were two bottles of Clos de la Roche 1988 from Domaine Ponsot and some of the next were two bottles of Griottes-Chambertin 1990. This was more than 25 …
[Read more...] about What we know: Laurent Ponsot to leave Domaine Ponsot
Making wine in Burgundy is not work for the impatient ... replanting a vineyard is easily a 25 years project from uprooting of the vines to the first vintage made from the new vines. This has been the case for the Musigny Blanc from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé. The replanting began in 1986 and …
[Read more...] about The return the Musigny Blanc from Comte Georges de Vogüé
Fake and fraudulent wines have existed for many years, but the Rudy Kurniawan case really set focus on this problem, and while this case mainly involve some very rich collectors, there seem to be a more worrying tendency where fake bottles of expensive wines in new vintages are seen on the …
[Read more...] about Improve your wine authentication skills at the WineFraud Seminars
Domaine Bonneau du Martray has been sold to the american Stanley Kroenke - owner of Screaming Eagle, Jonata and the Hilt Vineyards + several sports teams - see the full article at Bourgogne Aujourd'hui. It appears that the Bault de la Morinière family, who has owned Domaine Bonneau du Matray for …
