So well does Pinot Noir align with its terroir that it is no stretch to claim that the Burgundian earth itself was mute before the first plantings. But the truth is, fickle Pinot Noir has found its spiritual home here…
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Posted on 2023.02.18 in Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, Côte de Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Beaune, Meursault, France, Burgundy  | Read more...
Not all Burgundy is the stuff of legend, but all is the stuff of Burgundy. That is, wine from a narrow strip of French farmland that runs for around sixty miles from Auxerre in the north to Mâcon in the…
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Posted on 2023.01.24 in Marsannay, Côte de Beaune, Blagny, Côte de Beaune, Gevrey-Chambertin, Maranges, Ladoix-Serrigny, Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Pommard, Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Volnay, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses, Monthélie, Côte de Nuits, Puligny-Montrachet, Aloxe-Corton, Morey-Saint-Denis, Beaune, Vougeot, Premeaux-Prissey, Chassagne-Montrachet, Auxey-Duresses, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Meursault, Saint-Romain, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Few people would argue that the triumvirate of Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet produces some of the greatest white wines on the planet, but like that heavy metal band who releases a strangely poignant acoustic song, the reds of these three…
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Posted on 2022.08.15 in Meursault, Blagny, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet, France, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Burgundy is so closely associated with two grape varities—Chardonnay for whites and Pinot Noir for reds—that any other ingredient on the FDA label looks jarring; possibly a typo. In fact, although 80% of Burgundy is planted to Chardonnay and Pinot…
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Posted on 2022.07.14 in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Marsannay, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, Vougeot, Côte Chalonnaise, Bouzeron, Mercurey, Côte de Nuits, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Not all Burgundy is the stuff of legend, but all IS the stuff of Burgundy. That is, wine from a narrow strip of French farmland that runs for around sixty miles, from Auxerre in the north to Mâcon in the…
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Posted on 2021.12.11 in Chassagne-Montrachet, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Meursault, Marsannay, Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune, Ladoix-Serrigny, Vosne-Romanée, Pommard, Volnay, Côte de Nuits, Pernand-Vergelesses, Morey-Saint-Denis, Puligny-Montrachet, Premeaux-Prissey, Beaune, Premeaux-Prissey, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...