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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I had sworn to myself and some good friends that I would not take a public swing at or with the Hospice de Beaune ... so I will not. The Hospice de Beaune is by all accounts a very fine and charitable organisation doing a lot of good, but maybe it could be even more beneficial? My …
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From Jacques Noirot to Alain Roumier, Five Generations of de Vogüé’s Régisseurs This bottle of 1937 Musigny Grand Cru from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, was made by Georges Roumier, the domaine’s regisseur at the time. Georges Roumier, the legendary Burgundian vigneron, served as …
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending two 67 Pall Mall events in Beaune. One was a beautiful Summer Party held in one of the beautiful gardens of Beaune. Enjoying the sun while enduring the heat ... not easy when temperatures are reaching 38 Celsius. The setting was beautiful, and the nice …
The harvest 2026 is going to be very early ... and with temperatures around 36+ Celsius currently, we can be in for a record-breaking early harvest. Heat wave The heat wave will continue to the end of June ... most likely pushing the ripening even further. In Macon, they expect to start …
The time has come for one of the highlights of the tasting season ... the tasting of the latest vintage from Comte Liger-Belair - the already fabled 2025s. It is no secret that the Comte Liger-Belair wines are among my favourites in Burgundy, and with the expansion of the portfolio from 2022 and …
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