Romain Taupenot of Domaine Taupenot-Merme sends this report. 2011 is certainly not going to be the vintage of the century but I am pretty confident some great wines will emerge. It...

Those of you eagerly following the Burgundy 2010 primeurs campaign may have noticed all the hard work that Tamlyn Currin and Richard Hemming have been engaged in. The current total tally of...

As I explained in Breaking my Hospices duck , the single most prestigious lot in this year's Hospices de Beaune sale the weekend before last, the so-called Pièce du Président, a barrel of...

Well, after 36 years writing about wine, almost to the day (although the exact anniversary is Thursday), I have finally experienced the Trois Glorieuses, the weekend of the famous Hospices de...

Last week saw some pretty awful weather throughout many of northern Europe's major wine regions. V irtually the whole of France was treated to torrential rain last Friday, which must have...