Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Wine should be about love and passion ... don't waste your liver on boring, poor, or even defunct wines. This is not about justice to the last millimeter... fine-tune your own limits and borders... but think energy and tension ... in a world with global warming, this is essential. It should …
[Read more...] about Vin d`émotion the final touch – for the love of wine
Burgundy is all about knowing the good and right producers. Vintages are different, but in reality, it is almost always the same producers who make the good wines and the Vin d`emotion. They have the right vineyards and the talent to produce the wines. I will therefore focus more on the producers …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Benoit Chevallier – Tasting the 2025s
Wine is all about enjoying and meeting people - meeting wine friends, geeks and other festive people in a lovely place like Burgundy is a treat. Focus should be on enjoyable wines, that being a fresh and simple pét-nat, a lovely Aligoté from Maï Roblin-Bazin or Chambolle-Musigny from …
I have visited Alexandrine Roy for more than 10 years ... with the first vintage visit being the 2014 vintage. There is a reason why I have been coming back year after year to visit Alexandrine Roy: Domaine Marc Roy was one of the first estates that naturally entered my mind when I was thinking of …
I already named Domaine Edouard Confuron Flavour of the Year in 2026, so naming another estate Flavour of the Year in 2026 would be a breach of protocol. So we need to jump into the future ... almost inspired by the very early harvest in 2026. So here we go ... Flavour of the Year 2027 Flavour …
[Read more...] about Flavour of the Year 2027 – Domaine Leovila
Domaine Dujac and I go back decades, from the truly memorable 1976 Clos Saint Denis to the most recent vintages made under the stewardship of Jeremy Seysses. For me, it is more and more a return to the style of his father, Jacques Seysses, with the whole cluster invigorating the wines. It's …
[Read more...] about Visiting Jeremy Seysses at Domaine Dujac
