Beef & Burgundy – Dinner with the Winemaker at Tallulah November 9

Please join us on Wednesday, November 9 for a Beef & Burgundy dinner highlighting the red and white Burgundy wines of Domaines Devillard. On hand to guide us through the wines and share some insights about the region and…

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Posted on 2016.10.31 in France, Burgundy, News & Events  |  Read more...

The Champagne Society – October 2016 Selection: Champagne Billecart-Salmon

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Cuvée “Sous Bois” Brut   Cuvée “Sous Bois” is a relatively new bottling for the renowned Champagne house of Billecart-Salmon. Unique to their lineup, “Sous Bois” literally means “under wood” and was inspired by the oak-fermented parcels of…

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Posted on 2016.10.03 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

Rully – High Class White Burgundy on a Budget

The Côte Chalonnaise continues as a regular chain of hills along the same lines as the Côte d’Or to its north. But the countryside is much less uniform and turns into a jumble of limestone slopes on which vineyards appear…

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Posted on 2016.08.24 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair: Pure and Seductive Chardonnay from Burgundy’s Côtes de Beaune

Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair was created in 1986 when Denis set out to bottle his own wine – The Clair family had owned parcels in the Santenay area for generations but sold most of their production…

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Posted on 2016.08.12 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

The Champagne Society – August 2016 Selection: Champagne D. Henriet-Bazin

Champagne D. Henriet-Bazin “Millésime 2006” (Verzenay, Verzy, Grand Cru) Champagne Henriet-Bazin has deep roots in the Montagne de Reims. Towards the end of the 19th century, Gaston Henriet began making his own Champagne instead of just providing fruit to…

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Posted on 2016.08.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

Ideal Summer Drinking – Fleshy Wines of Burgundy’s Mâconnais

The Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy is white wine country. Chardonnay production accounts for close to 90% of all its wine. 2014 was a superb vintage for white Burgundy and all of this week’s featured wines are drinking beautifully right…

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Posted on 2016.07.13 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

Rapet’s Superb 2014 Red & White from Pernand-Vergelesses Premier Crus

$55 Pernand-Vergelesses “Ile de Vergelesses” (Premier Cru 2014) Red $50 Pernand-Vergelesses “Sous Frétille” (Premier Cru 2014) White One of the many highlights of the Burgundy tasting we held a couple weeks ago were the wines of Vincent…