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October 22 2024

Decant / De-can’t, when do you pour yours?

Bordeaux

Pouring wine from a bottle into another serving vessel, to remove sediment or aid oxygenation, should be as simple as…

Written by Matthew Hemming MW

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October 11 2024

Berries to Barrels: Barreling and Beyond!

Burgundy

While the Corton-Charlemagne and Pernand-Vergelesses quietly crackle in their barrels, it’s time for the five reds to be devatted. Simon…

Written by Manon Millot

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October 8 2024

How To Start A Wine Collection

Bordeaux

  Collecting wine is a fantastic hobby. Buying special cases or bottles, tucking them away and thinking about when you’ll…

Written by Chris Kelly

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October 4 2024

Berries to Barrels: Beginning of the Fermentation

Burgundy

After the excitement of the harvest, everything has calmed down. The sun has been replaced by rain, and the cold…

Written by Manon Millot

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September 27 2024

Berries to Barrels: Wrapping up the Harvest 2024

Burgundy

Simon and his father Franck Follin-Arbelet.   The harvest season is wrapping up in Burgundy. The last grapes are being…

Written by Manon Millot

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May 2 2024

Bordeaux 2023 – Vintage Report

Bordeaux

Bordeaux 2023 is a vintage born out of an adversity that stretched from the climatic to market conditions and, beyond…

Written by Matthew Hemming MW

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December 21 2023

2022 Burgundy – How wrong we were!

Burgundy

In 2022 the Burgfest tasting of 2018 reds fell during the early days of the harvest.  I have clear recollections…

Written by Manon Millot

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May 5 2023

Bordeaux 2022 vintage report

Bordeaux

The cellars of Chateau Montrose house one of the great 2022s. Having spent a week immersed in 2022 barrel samples,…

Written by Matthew Hemming MW

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