Regardless of fortune, fame or occasional financial despair... I like to get a good wine at an affordable and attractive price. Sometimes this is 25 EUR, other times it's 100 EUR ... and on rare occasion I feel tempted to push further ... but to be honest, 200 EUR should involve a full-blown vin …
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Harvest 2025 – the final vibe
The Harvest 2025 is near the end after a very hectic picking in the last weekend. Not all managed to get the grapes in the cellar in due time - before the rain on September 8th, and will now have to battle rain and even more rain soaked grapes. Most vignerons harvested in time ... some too early …
Harvest 2025 – More Rain …
The rain could prove to be a deciding factor for the Reds in 2025. The pinots were suffering with the effects of the heat wave... with a risk to have little and very concentrated juice .... Then rain came on August 27th - 49 mm in Nuits-Saint-Georges and on August 31st, we had further rain in the …
Harvest 2025 – And then came the rain
The rain came on August 27th - 49 mm in Nuits-Saint-Georges. The rain was scattered, and some areas got quite a lot, while others only got a few drops. Comte Liger-Belair began harvest on August 29th with Clos de Chateau, Clos des Grande Vignes and Vosne Chaumes. DRC got some more Grands …
Harvest 2025 – Full steam ahead in the south
The harvest 2025 took speed and gained momentum on Monday, August 25th. The truth of the vintage is starting to reveal itself ... This is an odd and mysterious vintage, where the laws of physics are challenged and dismantled. The blockage of the ripening process has influenced the progress in …
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