Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Back at Alexandrine Roy in Gevrey-Chambertin to do an interview, and at the same time we had the chance to retaste the now-bottled 2025s Alexandrine always bottles early ... and the 2025s were bottled on August 25th and 26th just before Alexandrine began her 2026 harvest. The 2025s …
[Read more...] about Domaine Marc Roy – vintage 2025 bottled
This week I have been around to visit some of the vignerons who have a special place in my heart... wine friends producing some of the wines that I love or like. On this trip through Burgundy, I brought two artistic friends, Dr Chua Yang and Su Lynn, who helped me illustrate and visualise these …
There is, in my view, a common misconception that wines are solely the result of the terroir, the climate, and the sepage used in the vineyards. I do admire Aubert de Villaine’s extensive and passionate work to promote the Burgundian terroirs … but even at DRC, the grapes do not jump directly …
[Read more...] about Wine with a human touch … more photo sessions this week
Another new and upcoming estate... Clémentine et Léon Bordet, a Pernand Vergelesses estate located just across the road from the legendary Bonneau de Martray estate It's a small estate owned by the couple Clementine and Léon Bordet ... a new estate renting most of the vineyards. Here is a very …
[Read more...] about Clémentine et Léon Bordet – an emerging estate
New talents do emerge very rapidly sometimes ... from one day unknown and then blossoming as new finds and stars on the Burgundy wine lists the next day. Maï Roblin Bazin is one of these brewing and emerging stars: small production, only a few wines, and wines that are not from any of the …
