Thursday the 20th of November 2025 will be Beaujolais Nouveau day – so how about a few stats to get us going? 15.5 million bottles of Nouveaux were produced in 2023 versus 16.5 million in ...

At the end of our tasting of 2024s last week, François served up this beauty. I thought it worthy of a mention. No wonder François was looking pleased with himself ;-) 2019 François Mikulski, ...

It is useless to talk about value, or indeed price in general, for the wines of this domaine. But there are lunchtime places in Côte d’Or where these wines are ‘accessible’ for ...

A width of energetic, already slightly developed nose – super inviting. A wine that melts over the palate, juicy, mineral, melting and even a touch creamy. What a wonderfully delicious wine – bravo… ...

Two UK gentlemen addressing the concierge of a Beaune hotel: “We have a tasting visit booked for tomorrow morning at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. We wonder if you could call them on our behalf to ...

Last week, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Domaine des Croix – doesn’t time fly !! David put together a celebratory day which started with a look at the terroirs of Beaune. Of course, it was ...

Young colour. But this nose is not so young; freshness but also richness – slowly more floral – but some cushioned texture of- and the aroma of – middle-age. I find density to these flavours, so a ...

A hint of extra colour after the 2024s. Impressive aromatic scale, with a sweetness to its cushioned complexity. Direct. The initial linearity gives way as the flavours spread over the palate. The ...

As I’m making my tour of 2024s, there are often some older wines to taste, so why not include them here – better than a white space I think 😉 Just click on the WhatsApp image (right) to see/get ...

A hot year – you could say quite a dry one – but, as you can see, not dry finishing for the later pickers. The rain was quite strong in the Côte d’Or in the early morning of today. By 09h00 it had ...

Certainly in the context of ‘greater Burgundy,’ it’s still early days in the 2025 harvest. That said, some white domaines pushed hard and were already finished on Wednesday evening – but why the haste ...