A nice wine, and a very interesting wine, from a couple of days ago: The Crémant from Chablis has been, effectively, my ‘house’ crémant for a few years now – Romain Collet knows ...

Tasting at Domaine Roty is always a small marathon – this year extended with a few goodies. Here you can laugh at my pathetic attempts to guess blind… #1 Lots of colour but some small ...

I hardly remember when I bought this wine; it was from a (Swiss) auction lot that included 2 0r 3 of these and half a dozen 1980 Charlemagnes that fit for a friend’s birthyear. The 1980s not ...

What a shame – a case shared with the late Marko de Morey – because this was completely corked… Newer converts to Burgundy, or indeed Sylvain Pataille may, understandably, have a ...

Yes I’ve been lax, but the necessary focus for publishing over 150 domaine reports has been recovered – now that I’m not actually spending all my time & days just visiting ...

Tasted in Marsannay-la-Côte with Laurent Fournier, 26 June 2025. Domaine Jean Fournier 29, rue du Château 21160 ...

Tasted with Laurenne Arnaud in Viviers, 05 June 2025 Domaine Jeremy Arnaud 8 Rue de Derrière les Fossés 89700 Viviers Tel: ...

Tasted at the BIVB’s Technical Centre in Beaune – all tasted blind: The wines… Lippe Boileau, Marsannay Blanc Les Reccilles Not a large nose but one with some nice, clean, boiled sweets ...

Tasted at the BIVB’s Technical Centre in Beaune – all tasted blind: The wines… White Villages: Maison Alex Gambal, Beaune Blanc Vibrant, mineral, a suggestion of reduction too. Moth-filling ...

Tasted with Erwan and Eve Faiveley at their winery in Nuits St.Georges. The quotes throughout the article were 99% from Erwan Faiveley… What we now know as Domaine Faiveley, started as a ...

The Yonne is predominantly about Chablis. Despite being over 60 kilometers north-west of the Côte d’Or it is classed as ‘Burgundy’. In pre-phylloxera times there were almost 10 times the number of ...

A width of energetic, already slightly developed nose – super inviting. A wine that melts over the palate, juicy, mineral, melting and even a touch creamy. What a wonderfully delicious wine – bravo… ...