Here you find the articles about the historic Burgundy.
The historic articles are now written by Pearl Liu and Steen Öhman (the winehog) … and some of the older articles were made by Cornelius Robert Collins an old friend of the Winehog.
Burgundy in a historic perspective
Who Was Behind the Wines of Henri de Bahezre? The Rodier Family as Vignerons
Burgundy is a lot about history old producers and old wines … it sets the scene for the wines we drink today and the Burgundy we love. I have therefore decided to get the help from a good friend, who has special competences regarding old wines – Pearl Liu Pearl Liu , a Burgundy enthusiast…
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Tâche-Romanée: A Wine That Should Not Exist, and the Forgotten Maison Chevillot
Burgundy is a lot about history old producers and old wines … it sets the scene for the wines we drink today and the Burgundy we love. I have therefore…
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Chanut & Gaudemet-Chanut – forgotten domaines of Vosne
If I say Domaine Chanut or Gaudemet-Chanut – do you then think of Burgundy or Vosne-Romanee – most likely not – nevertheless these domaines play a forgotten but important role…
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Older articles from Cornelius Robert Collins
Collins Corner #26 – one vine, 3 countrysides
My good friend Robert Collins is back on Winehog giving his view on a Burgundian topic. This time, Pouilly-Fuisse. Recent news of a classification of Pouilly-Fuisse vineyards was met with great acclaim. My personal travels in this country and its wines span 45 years, so a moment of reflection was in order as I reviewed…
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Collins Corner #25 – The Good Doctor
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the Hospice de Beaune and its Cortons … yet respecting the recommended 2 meters distance to friends and foes. I opened a bottle of Hospices wine for Easter. A very quiet time this year, more significant than normal. Like many of you, I spent the day ‘sheltered’,…
Collins Corner #24 – The last known bottle!
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy … yet respecting the recommended 2 meters distance to friends and foes. The last known bottle Vintages always evoke nostalgia, more so when it is your birth year. Mine was a great one, not that I had any choice in…
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Collins Corner #23 – BEST BGO IN TOWN!
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy. BEST BGO IN TOWN! A few years ago, I discovered a cellar outside of Lyon that was for sale, the owner had bought many bottles from Domaine Georges Mugneret in previous decades. One wine, vintage 1982, was a label I…
Collins Corner #22 – Vintages: Not just a numbers game!
This week Robert Collins is flying low over the villages, vineyards and vintages of Burgundy. VINTAGES : NOT JUST A NUMBERS GAME! Does it add up? Sometimes you are trapped when you try to reduce life’s experiences to a CFO’s balance sheet. Behind the vintage are many emotions, and your wine can reflect much more…
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Collins Corner #21 – Gaps in the maps.
I have always been fascinated with vineyards next to, almost part, or otherwise related to the ‘expensive and famous’. One commune with a wealth of riches is the iconic ‘Chambertin’, or properly Gevrey Chambertin. I felt at one time the power families of this area appropriated vineyards next door for their own benefit, but when…
Collins Corner #20 – The numbers game
A flood of statistics have been created in the rush to find the first and best information on red Burgundies. If numbers are to be believed, Recently with 2014,15,16,17,and the 2018 , ‘Outstanding’ numbers proliferate. The best headlines are reserved for 2015 and now 2018, although the latter is still very much in the formative…
Requiem ; Henri-Frederic Roch [1962-2018]
Requiem ; Henri-Frederic Roch [1962-2018] The 17th century priest of Burgundy. On the eve of the 158th Hospices auction, Henri-Frederic Roch passed away. And with him passes a great philosophical treatise of Burgundy. I knew him, briefly, as I imported the wines of Prieure-Roch, his personal winery, during the 1995 – 1998 harvests, and followed…
Collins Corner #18 – Wish for the good old days? Don’t look, but they are now!
Wish for the good old days? Don’t look, but they are now. Recently I was enjoying an old bottle of something very good, but obscure, from 1976 vintage. My companion commented how lucky I was to have bought wines at great prices, unlike today where good bottles are prohibitively expensive. You can’t buy good Burgundy…
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Collins Corner #17 – Blondeau of Volnay
There once was a man, that in his lifetime, became known as the “Saint of Volnay”. He earned the name; He was instrumental in building the town school , he restored the Volnay church, and in 1809 he named the Hospices de Charite’ the inheritor of his vineyards to ensure the care of five elderly…
Collins Corner #16 – What is in a name? Nicolas Rolin
It is not just an historic name on a barrel…cuvee Nicolas Rolin Beaune has so many stories within stories that it is easy to dismiss it as a monoculture, and therein lose the emphasis of complex possibilities. The hillsides of premier crus roll effortlessly in a tapestry of vineyards that invite easy enjoyment over contemplative…
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Collins Corner #15 – 50 years may be too soon
Some insights come when least expected. Such as the case of Savigny from Seguin-Manuel. Seguin-Manuel, originally in Savigny, dates to 1824. The Savigny plots that compose the source of the villages wine date back nearly that long. When the winery was purchased in 2004 by Thibaut Marion, one of the primary reasons was these old…
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Collins Corner #14 – An American in Beaune – a war legacy
The sweet little girl in the tourist office stared blankly at me. It wasn’t the first time that this had happened to me in Beaune, the uncrowned capital of Burgundy, usually the fault of my really poor French, but this time I was sure the question was clear. “The American camp in the World war”…
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Collins Corner #13 – when communes collide
Understanding French wine; Begin with the geography lesson. Such is the first grade of the Cote d’Or, pull out the maps. Each town is encapsuled with its own boundries, Communes. The logical second step is to experiment and learn these personalities via the wine. Now it gets complicated. The more you look, the more complicated…
Collins Corner #12 – The vineyard without a hometown
When I first began to buy bottles of Burgundy in the late 1960s, well before I was in the trade, I had few choices in backwater Oregon, and always hoped to find a bottle with credentials. So I grabbed my first Volnay with great anticipation, only to feel cheated when I referred to Hugh Johnstons…
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Collins Corner #11 -The core of the Beaune appellation
Middle earth, full o’ stones may best describe this section of Beaune. The symbolic Grand cru site is Beaune-Greves, replete with history back to the early church foundations. Although it has continued to increase in size over the centuries, the spiritual center of Greves has remained captured in the label of L’Enfant Jesus, as iconic…
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Collins Corner: Its a big world, Beaune
When you read a missive from one of the Publicity Hounds that like to fill you in on the “prestige” wines, Beaune will be dismissed in a wave of condensation, “too many premier crus” and “lets go somewhere where there is only a barrel per Luit Dix made” somewhere in the Nuits. There is the…
Collins Corner #9 – Pilgrimage to Beaune
I will now lay out my thesis for why Beaune wine is altogether different than the rest. It is not an appellation so much as a philosophy, where you must look to the church rather than the government for an explanation. The Chroniclers of wine, back for centuries, have integrated it into some form of…
Collins Corner #8: Clos de Vougeot – old time religion
Clos Vougeot. The most recognized vineyard site in burgundy. The monestary/chateau building is the symbol of a religious order ,Cistercians, that embodied a humble and pious return to the positive influences of the church. It is the symbolic Cru of Burgundy. The walls encapsulate the meaning of a special place. A little less than 51…
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Collins Corner #7 – Incomparable obscurity – Saint Romain
Undiscovered Burgundy treasures? Today, the popular press will tell you that this doesn’t exist, that everything has been discovered, exposed, praised, priced, and promoted. You must simply arrive at the famous merchants front door, put your wallet down on the green felt as in a casino, yank out the credit card and say ‘hit me!’…
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Collins Corner #6 – Vosne-Romanee Haut Maizieres …
Is the map of famous vineyards in Burgundy deceptive? My curiosity has always been aroused by the ‘unknown’ vines right next door. When you are standing in a hallowed plot, and a very short distance away is a big, old, symbolic vine that looks like it was born in another century….you can’t help but ask,…
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Collins Corner #5 – Grands Echezeaux 100 years
Celebrating 100 years, 1915 in 2015. 1915 Seguin-Manuel 1933 Rene Engel 1959 Remoissenet I believe in magic. There is no better way to explain the sensation of life as we pass by. The taste of the memory enhanced by sharing with the comrades of the moment. Its what we all define ourselves by, as we…
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Collins Corner #4 – The Hidden Hill
This weeks article from C. Robert Collins is about a forgotten hill just north of Beaune … two appellations .. “The Hidden Hill” There are some fascinating vineyards that seem to have been designed as ‘secret undisclosed locations’ along the cote, hidden behind the powerful and famous. What better places to search for that profound…
Collins Corner #3 – Hospices de Beaune – impressions
This weeks article from C. Robert Collins is about his impressions from the Hospices de Beaune auction in 2015: “HOSPICES 2015 DEJA VU? NON. ” One of the great wine events on the calendar is the Hospices de Beaune auction and harvest celebration. It is the unofficial first peek at the new vintage and the…
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Collins Corner #2 – the forgotten Santenay
This weeks article from C. Robert Collins is about another of the overlooked but great reds of Cote de Beaune: “When history jumps up – the forgotten Santenay” The search for great wine vineyards can involve studying maps or researching list of owners of famous crus, or sometimes a wine just jumps up and grabs…
Collins Corner #1 – in the quest for overlooked Burgundies
This article is made by C. Robert Collins, who will be a guest writer here on winehog. I’m very pleased to have Bob on board, as this would enrich the blog with other views and angles – I hope you will enjoy his articles. You can read Bobs quite extensive biography here … covering more…
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