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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Burgundy is all about terroirs, and while you can make emotional wines from modest terroirs, the great emotional wines almost always come from the very best terroirs. Not all classified terroirs can apparently make a true vin d´émotion ... and it is therefore important to know your terroirs …
[Read more...] about Favourite vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet
Burgundy is all about terroirs, and while you can make emotional wines from modest terroirs, the great emotional wines almost always come from the very best terroirs. Not all classified terroirs can apparently make a true vin d´émotion ... and it is therefore important to know your terroirs …
[Read more...] about Favourite vineyards in Chassagne-Montrachet
Finally, I had the opportunity to visit Céline Fontaine-Gagnard, the talented vigneron at Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard. Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard was founded by Laurence Gagnard - the daughter of Jacques and Marie-Josèphe Gagnard - and her husband Richard Fontaine in 1985. Today Céline Gagnard is …
[Read more...] about Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard tasting the 2024s
Amélie Berthaut over the years from 2015 to now ... more than 10 years of lovely wines and beautiful visits ... merci. Wine is made by people. A lot of the joy of tasting the wines is meeting the people behind the wines and see how much of their personality that is reflected in the wines. …
Burgundy is becoming increasingly complex ... as the structures are changing. Before, the Domaines were often focused in one appellation - now more and more are expanded into numerous appellations and areas. This complexity demands another view on the domaines as the wines from the domaines no …
