Morning in NSG - and then the rain came!! The night between August 27th and 28th, the rain came to Burgundy... and quite an intense thunderstorm lasting quite some hours ... enough to invigorate the harvest in the Nuits-Saint-Georges area. The preliminary figures are 18 mm to 35 mm ... so at most …
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Harvest 2026 – the final run
Morning in NSG, looking at the coming week of harvest coverage I will still follow the harvest, but the vignerons' harvesting is more scattered and widespread. There are some top-end vignerons still harvesting - Domaine Garcia, Domaine Georges Noëllat, Domaine Mugneret Gibourg, and some to …
Harvest 2026 – lower alcohol in Côte de Nuits
Morning in NSG, looking at data from the grapes harvested and Météo France! We had quite a good thunderstorm last night - in Comblachien at least. I did not see the numbers yet, but I feel this might be enough to give the vintage a juicy boost. DRC, Domaine Leroy, Domaine du Liger-Belair, and …
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Harvest 2026 – the big harvest days
Morning in NSG, processing the first of the big harvest days. It was a big weekend where DRC, Domaine du Liger-Belair, and Rousseau put the pedal to the metal and harvested some of the big crus. There is still a bit left to finish, but these prominent growers will be able to call Paulée Monday …
Harvest 2026 – and vin d’émotion
Morning in NSG and reflecting on the future 2026 vintage ... the very extreme 2026 vintage. Harvest was earlier than seen ever before, alcohol levels dramatically higher than anyone has seen in recent decades. This is a special vintage ... and the Beaune marketers will choose the words very …