I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a couple of extremely smart 10-year retrospectives this autumn: all the Bordeaux 2001 first growths for a start, on which I will report next week, and...

Last week I had the enormous pleasure of helping a wine collector empty his cellar of a small fraction of his treasures over a couple of dinners at Twin Farms , a rather magical place near...

Below is a funny little film of the main reception room at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti which I took while waiting for co-owner Aubert de Villaine (pictured here avec reflections). I saw that...

As I’ve already mentioned, there was a particularly interesting tasting of pairs of wines from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti last week: Échézeaux and La Tâche in...

Over the last couple of days I have had the great pleasure of feasting on Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines, first at an evening ‘masterclass’ presented by Aubert de Villlaine...

Feb 14, 2008 - Last night I went to a fascinating tasting comparing DRC's Echézeaux and La Tache in 2005, 2001, 1996 and 1990 and will publish my tasting notes very...

This was the fabulous tasting I was lucky enough to moderate at the Palais Coburg in Vienna earlier this year. For more details of this extraordinary hotel and wine collection see Cheval Blanc...

Last week I had a chance to taste Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s red offerings from the generally extremely varied 2003 vintage and enjoyed it enormously (considerably more than my...

John Brinkco, Los Angeles: Can you tell me your current thinking regarding when the 1997 and 2000 Domaine de la Romanée Conti will be ready to be enjoyed? me: We seem to have rather a lot...

Sam Tan of CECWINE, London: Do you know much about the quality of Marc de Bourgogne and...

The day before He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never refuse anything. Except it wasn’t a wedding proposal but a tasting invitation; and it wasn’t from Darcy but from...

On a rainy Saturday in September 2008, the 13th, to be precise, Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (pictured) began to think they would not be making any wine in 2008. However, on...

This year's Decanter Man of the Year is Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti - apparently, if almost unbelievably, the first time this honour has been held by a Burgundian....

Sadly for Jancis, happily for me, Jancis was not able to go to the new-release tasting of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2007s chez London agent Corney & Barrow because of a prior commitment...

Don’t get the wrong impression. I do miss my highly esteemed and deeply appreciated boss when she is travelling but I was delighted that Jancis was out of the country on 29 Jan. This meant that...