There are quite many good restaurants in the Côte d'Or, but only some stand out by offering inventive and truly enjoyable food. I have therefore decided to choose Savigny-lès-Beaune's Le Soleil as my Restaurant of the Year 2025 for its delightful food, and for the great moments it has given me. …
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The maps revival – maps reborn
I have been neglecting the vineyard maps due to prioritising other content like harvest reports and expanding the tasting efforts. I have, however, reached the conclusion that I want to take a step forward and go more basic - to create the new generation of winehog ... with more new maps and maps …
Terroir Insight: Domaine Marchand-Tawse, Mazis-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin is a terroir with several interesting features - one being that Hospice de Beaune has a large plot on this vineyard - the other being that some of the old Gevrey estates have a plot with old massale selection pinot in this vineyard. One of the most prominent massale selections is …
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Restaurant Guide: Le Millésime (Update)
A good place in Chambolle-Musigny, especially for lunch. Restaurant Le Millésime 1 rue Traversière, 21220 Chambolle-Musigny The best restaurant in Chambolle-Musigny these days, this has become a truly fine place. The food is much sharper here in 2015. The set menu at lunch is only 27,90 …
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Fixin Clos de la Perriére … the forgotten Téte de Cuvée – 2023
When I started out with Winehog, it was with a base in the vineyards and the mapping of the terroirs. So I took a start in the old classifications, to explore the terroirs, also to find the vineyards that might have lost some of their mojo, so to speak. In 1855 when Lavalle made his …
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