If I had to give two words of advice to lovers of French wine today, scouting in any price range, they would be ‘o’ and ‘five’.The 2005 vintage seemed exceptional at the time virtually...

CHANSON, Beaune   I remember when Chanson was a fairly lacklustre Burgundy negociant making particularly lightweight wines but since Bollinger took over the company there...

No vintage has ever caught the imagination, dollars and pounds more than 2005. The result has been a scramble for allocations of all the finest wines of France, with Germany’s best being...

You may remember my enthusiasm for the Monmouth wine merchant Irma Fingal Rock. See Irma Fingal-Rock – a worthwhile wine merchant and A useful new Meursault producer ....

Here are all the wines listed in 2005 burgundies – my top wines listed alphabetically by producer name, perhaps not as immediately useful except to see just how many top wines came from...

Some of you have understandably asked for some guidance while hacking your way through the alphabetically ordered jungle that is my 1,300+ tasting notes on the 2005 burgundies. Below is a listing...

  So what exactly was it that made the 2005 burgundies I wrote about last week quite so desirable? A strong clue comes from what Bertrand Maume of Domaine Maume in Gevrey-Chambertin had...

See well over 1,300 tasting notes on this exceptional vintage and my overview of what made the wines taste the way they do. “I’ve been 25 years in the wine trade and I’ve...

Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting at the...

See 2005 Burgundy - a sizzling market  and my overview of what made the wines taste the way they do. Our collection of well over 1,300 tasting notes on the 2005 burgundies, red and...

Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting at the...

Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting at the...

  Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting...

Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting at the...

Julia Harding MW and I have tasted a total approaching 1,500 different samples of 2005 burgundy – mainly in London last week but I also spent a week in Burgundy in December tasting at the...