Burgundian Cellars: Tollot-Beaut
Tollot-Beaut have very attractive cellars, although quite recent. Still, the black alcohol-loving fungus has colonised the pillars and wine bins. We will be selling their lovely 2012s in our opening...
View Article1969 Mâcon from Bonhomme
Bonhomme make modestly priced Mâcon which keeps very well. To prove the point, Aurelien Palthey kindly opened this 1969 for Tim Sykes and me in November. It is very mature but still very much alive....
View ArticleOne Of The Best Cellars In Burgundy?
Drouhin-Laroze have one of the best cellars in Burgundy. In fact they don’t just have one – they have two like this, one above the other. This is effectively the first year cellar where the new wine is...
View ArticleA New Wine From Olivier Leflaive
Olivier Leflaive have launched a new wine which we are offering in our duty-paid selection of White Burgundy. Named Oncle Vincent, it is made from old vines classified as Bourgogne but well situated,...
View ArticleCellar Surprises
Recently my colleague Shaun Kiernan, The Society’s fine wine manager, extolled the virtues of laying wine down and the pleasure gained from drinking wine at its delicious peak (a sentiment echoed by...
View ArticleWhat’s So Special About Vin de France?
Once upon a time, there were no appellations, let alone the hierarchy of labelling possibilities that exist today, and these have been changing subtly over the years. Vineyards in LimouxThe term...
View ArticleCreating A Bestseller: The Society’s White Burgundy
My first encounter with The Society’s bestselling wine was over a decade ago. ‘Dare I ask how the divorce is going?’ ‘All things considered it’s ok, thanks – but I’m a little miffed she wants to take...
View ArticleCycling The Ventoux and Visiting Gratien, Boizel & Beauregard
This busman’s holiday (on a bike…) all started on a tactically late lunch break last year to catch the end of the Tour De France climb up Alpe d’Huez. French rider Thibaut Pinot had taken the stage...
View ArticleBuried Society Treasure
Earlier this year I was contacted by an old friend in the trade who buys for one of the top wine shops in London. He had been trawling through a cellar in the bowels of a castle in Scotland and had...
View ArticleTasting 2013 Red Burgundy with the Great and the Good
I am part of a group, originally formed by Clive Coates, now retired, that meets twice a year to taste Burgundy blind from bottle. The group comprises journalists Neal Martin (e-Robert Parker) and Neil...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....