Lalou Bize Leroy, the charismatic and capricious progenitor of Domaine Leroy in Vosne Romanée was in London last week to show four of her wines as part of a very interesting tasting organized to showcase some of France’s biodynamic producers on which I shall report.
Along with Domaine Leflaive, she was by far the most glamorous exhibitor. But by the time I got there, she had left and the only remnant of her presence were three empty bottles of each wine. I felt deeply embarrassed but was determined to taste them if I possibly could, so found myself for the...