We want drinkable and affordable Burgundies ... I want it ... the restaurants want it to serve by the glass ... and the customers want it and need it. A 70 EUR Bourgogne Blanc is not affordable for the Tuesday pizza. I want to taste wines that you like to drink yourself ... that's a simple …
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Summer Cleaning
There is a lot of new names in the updated guides ... and I always try to present new name with a true potential. Here are my discoveries over the years ... some very fine ... others perhaps dissapointing seen in the global scheme of things. The flavour of the Year past winners Charles …
Kelleys’ heroes and the tyre favourites
The "tyre guide" has just released its new rating of the wine producers in Burgundy. A lot of expected heroes, and then some candidates are missing. Knowing the different critics, it's pretty clear that this list has been heavily influenced by William Kelley ... and for this I like the initiative …
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a bit more than two month to another early harvest
Lovely slightly cool morning in NSG - Nuits-Saint-Georges - harvest in a bit more than two Months Harvest prospects look very good with little or no serious problems so far ... but things always happen or turn up ... and at the moment a very early harvest ... and therefore also a hot harvest is …
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Vin d`émotion – can you feel it?
The core of getting great Burgundy joys and revelations is appreciating vin d`émotion, discovering the emotional values in these lively and joyful wines. Emotional wines come from vineyards that are alive, and not sprayed to death or overworked with heavy equipment... It's from vineyards with a …