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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Yesteday - Saturday October 13 - the most expensive bottle of Burgundy was sold at the Sotheby’s auction in New York. The legendary bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti was sold for 558.000 USD. A legendary bottle with a unique provenance - and one more was sold at 496.000 USD making it the second …
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Martin and Olivier Bouygues, the owners of Château Montrose, have acquired a stake in Domaine Henri Rebourseau in Gevrey-Chambertin. Jean de Surrel and his two sons, Louis and Bénigne will remain in place at the estate and continue with its future development. The estate is farmed …
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The harvest 2018 has begun - and while it's mainly the whites that are being brought in .. it's what one would call an early harvest. White Corton (not Corton Charlie) from Chandon de Briailles was havested on tuesday 21st of August .. early .. although perhaps not unusually early. Even …
On Sunday July 15th a hailstorm hit the Premeaux area - damage reported from the northern part of Premeaux to the northern part of Ladoix. Severe damage repported by some growers, and as always the damage is rather random. Nicolas Faure reported 50% damage on his Premeaux cuvées i.e. his Gamay …
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Comte Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of Chateau de Vosne-Romanée has just entered an agreement with Le Chateau du Clos de la Commaraine to help them making the wine from their 3.75 ha large monopole vineyard in Pommard. Clos de la Commaraine is a Pommard 1er cru located just outside the center of …
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