Yesterday I had a quick visit to Domaine Grivot to taste a bit of 2023 and 2024. Mathilde Grivot was cheerful as the 2025 vintage is now in the cellar with a good yield as a result. I will return to taste the full 2024 vintage, and the visit was more casual talk to retaste some of the …
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New owner of Richebourg!
Vineyards are history, family, pride and feelings - great wines and cool cash. Sometimes, some very prominent vineyards are sold ... and as the number of plots on these vineyards is very limited, this is a rare occurance. This is sensitive stuff as the story includes real people, families and a …
NEWS – Advertising on Winehog
We need to develop and improve all the time, to be relevant, to survive and be an integrated part of the wine world. I have therefore decided to introduce a few elements of advertising on Winehog. It will be a small addition to the site to help expand the offerings on Winehog. I now offer …
The Cécile Tremblay plot on Griotte-Chambertin
I finally got the data and location of the Cécile Tremblay plot on Griotte-Chambertin. This opportunity for Cécile arises as Domaine de Chézeaux was sold to Charles Van Canneyt (of Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat) in 2021. This sale has been unfolding according to the very complex rules of Burgundy. …
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Jean-Marie Guffens a great Burgundian
I'm old, I have been around for a while and I have been doing wine reviewing for quite many years now. And to be honest I can't stand doing extensive tastings of seemingly pointless wines anymore. I see, experience and taste quite many of wines from the Mâconnais with little sense of purpose, …