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Category Archives: Burgundy
I Met a Traveller from an Antique Land
…My name is Ozburgundian, Winemaker of Winemakers, Look on my Wines, ye Mighty, and despair! Okay, not quite what Shelley had in mind, but the mighty Ozgundians were in town again yesterday, this time joined by another Australian washed up … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Fine Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Aligoté, Andrew Nielsen, Burgundy 2015, Dagon Clan, Dealu Mare Wine, Emma Nielsen, Fixin Les Arvelets, Haisma Bonnes Mares, Haisma Cornas 2015, Haisma Romania, Jane Eyre Wines, Jérémy Recchione, Le Grappin, Mark Haisma, Mark Haisma Ardeche, The Ozgundians, Vincent Paris, Vinoteca Soho Tasting, Wanderlust Wines
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Where To Now, Saint Vincent?
I think there are many wine obsessives who begin life very traditionally, enjoying the red wines of Bordeaux. But after that, Burgundy begins to fascinate, and fascination soon turns to something stronger. There are many reasons why this can happen, … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Wine
Tagged A&P de Villaine, Aligoté, Alogoté, Aragonite, Bourgogne Rouge Le Digoine, Bourgogne-Vézelay, Bouzeron, Burgundy, Catherine & Jean Montanet, Chandon de Briailles, Cotes d'Auxerre, Cuvée 910, Domaine Berthaut, Domaine de la Cadette, Domaine des Vignes du Maynes, Du Grappin, Fixin, François Lumpp, Goisot, Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Ile des Vergelesses, Julien Guillot, Le Grappin, Macon-Cruzille, Maconnais, Manganite, Marsannay, Michel Juillot, Michel Sarrazin, micro negociants, Olivier & Alice De Moor, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, PYCM, Roulot Bourgogne Blanc, Roulot Monthélie, Saint-Bris, St-Aubin En Remilly, Stéphane Aladame
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Va Tutto…Bon
Tutto Wines held their French Portfolio Tasting at Ducksoup in Dean Street, Soho, yesterday (hence the linguistic mangling). Many of you will already have read my article which covered the (mainly) Italian side of their list, which they showed at the … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alex Whyte, Arbois, Banyuls, Damiano Fiamma, Domaine de Chassorney, Domaine L'Octavin, Domaine Sauveterre Macon, Ducksoup Soho, Fleurie, Frederic Cossard, Guy Blanchard, Jasnieres, Jean-Pierre Robinot, Jerome Guichard, Julie Balagny, Jura, La Grapperie, Manuel Di Vecchi Staraz, Olek Bondonio, Pelaverga, Pinot d'Aunis, Reynaud Guettier, Tutto Wines, Vinyer de la Ruca
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Off to See the Wizards of Oz(gundy)
It’s that time of year again, and despite telling you in my last post that I wasn’t going to join the wall to wall wallpaper of 2014 Burgundy Primeurs Week, you know that when it comes to the annual Vinoteca … Continue reading
Small is Beautiful
Regular readers will know who I’ve been buying wine from in 2015, my favourite small merchants and wine shops. There is another group of people who maybe don’t get as much press, or coverage in social media, who are doing … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants
Tagged Alpine Wines, Coche-Dury, Domaine de Cébène, Domaine Montesquiou, Domaine Treloar, Dry River, Hand Picked Burgundy, Heidi Schrock, Leon Stolarski, Rainer Christ, Rhys, Simon Maye & Fils, Specialist Wine Merchants
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Burgundy 2005 at QCH
I’m sure I was not alone in itching to get a first overview of this highly praised vintage at ten years old. One single wine from a moderate producer is all I’d tried of 2005 Red Burgundy before Monday night, … Continue reading
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