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This is the final instalment of my notes from my domaine visits in late November. See also Notes from the Côte de Beaune and Notes from Gevrey-Chambertin (which of course is itself... |
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In this short film, new, small, upmarket négociant Olivier Bernstein discusses how 2008 and 2009 compare with each other and with previous vintages. You can read more about Bernstein in... |
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This is a sequel to Notes from the Côte de Beaune , sayings I noted at some of the more significant domaines when I visited them in late November last year. I am publishing them for those who... |
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Those still wondering about the 2008 burgundies currently being offered may be interested in these notes I took when talking to significant producers in Burgundy in late November... |
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See Burgundy 2008 - a guide for links to 1,400 reviews of 2008 burgundies and all our other coverage of this very varies vintage. Some of the 2008 reds I tasted at top domaines in... |
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24 Jan - Have now added some brief notes about individual producers and their recent news, or what they said about the 2008 vintage. 20 Jan - I do intend to add some... |
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This is peak time for burgundy offers in the UK with thousands of 2008s, many of them spread between several different merchants. The following is a list of those merchants we know of who are... |
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We all have emails that mysteriously go missing. Many of them are unimportant. But I will forever regret one that was sent but never arrived in my Inbox from Aubert de Villaine of the world’s... |
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Today is the only day in the current fortnight when there is no Burgundy 2008 tasting in London. The merchants perhaps assume their customers are too busy getting themselves and their famliies off... |
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All will be sensibly reported next week but I can divulge the names of some of the producers whose wines have so far stood out for me. I'm sure there are many more names that will emerge as... |
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Post script - J&B have very kindly suggested that I taste some leftover samples of the Bruno Clair wines that I missed on Monday when I will be chez eux tasting Comte Liger-Belair... |
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From £99 a dozen in bond Find this wine This week Julia and I are totally immersed in tasting 2008 burgundies on the London circuit, at a total of 26 primeurs tastings in a... |
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There is bad news on the Burgundy 2008 front, and not just that I am starting to taste wines lower down the ranks where the acidity really does seem too obtrusive. (My tastings in Burgundy in... |
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As this picture of where I live suggests, venturing out and about on the London burgundy tasting route is a perilous venture in our freezing weather. Tasters tend to talk about ice and train... |
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Emmanuel Rouget, nephew of the late, great Henri Jayer , is not exactly a media star. In fact he is famously taciturn and reclusive. But his UK importer Roy Richards of Richards Walford... |
