The verdict is in: 'C’est bon, Papa. Even the seeds are ripe!' This was the very scientific conclusion reached by my four-year-old son Romain in 'his' village St-Romain. We had sampled a few Chardonnay berries in the premier cru vineyard Sous le Château...
Sun smiles on the Côte de Beaune
Guest contributor
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Tilak Sinha describes himself as 'an itinerant Aussie sommelier'. Once maître d' at Lameloise and a Chagny resident since 2009, he reports from the hail-hit Côte de Beaune in Burgundy. The photographs are by professional wine photographer Jon Wyand: the most populated vineyard being Clavoillon picked by the Leflaive team, the bare-breasted picker being in Pernand-Vergelesses.
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