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Aubert de Villaine – Decanter Man of the Year

The start of En Primeur and other things have got in the way of writing up the evening when 1 Thomas More Street hosted a seriously memorable Presentation Dinner. Two months of work by Adam, Bernadette and Davina saw the office converted out of almost all recognition - the...

Clos de Tart Masterclass

Although all the talk at the moment is about Bordeaux 2009, that was put to one side last night for a magnificent feast of fine red Burgundy. The burgundy in question was Clos de Tart, the magnificent monopole grand cru from Morey-St-Denis. 70 burgundophiles gathered in Forbes House in Belgravia...

A White Burgundy night in Hong Kong

As many of you know, I have now moved to Hong Kong and to keep you updated with all of C&B’s endeavours in Asia and my own adventures along the way, I humbly submit this Blog to you for your enjoyment on C&B’s very smart new website! Kung Hei Fat Choy!!...

Clos de Tart 2008….

Having last tasted the Clos de Tart 2008 wines on Day 5 in Burgundy back in November it was great to get the chance this morning to taste the final assemblage, albeit not in final bottle as it will not be bottled unitl April/May. The release of the 2008 will...

DRC 2007…..not bad for a Monday!

For the first time I can remember (and amazingly this was my 11th vintage) the DRC Press Tasting was on a Monday. As is traditional now the wines are shown to the press just after bottling, which was done in the last two months. The Domaine de la...

The 2008 Burgundy Tasting…with Alsace, Germany and older vintages!

Last Thursday saw the 2008 Burgundy release tasting at the Tower of London, a venue we are making our “tasting home” for the time being. The format was a pretty tried and trusted one with a press and trade preview from 3pm till 5.30pm and then from 6pm till 8.30pm...

and they’re off……

First blog entry since the site has gone live although there are plenty of blogs from the last few months - Dinners, Tastings, Burgundy trips etc - I have been getting things ready for a while!! It’s been a hell of a week. Last Friday saw the release of Domaine Leflaive 2008...

Burgundy – Day 5 – d’Angerville and Clos de Tart

As the photos below suggest our last morning was a cold, foggy and damp one….I had been looking forward to both the day’s visits - d’Angerville and Close de Tart - as I have recently met both Guillaume d’Angerville and Sylvain Pitiot in London and both struck me as charming...

Burgundy – Day 4 – Négociant, Varoilles part 2, Darnat & Cyrot Buthiau

The sun was well and truly out again, first visit was at a Négociant house we don’t deal with but that we had been asked to visit / taste at by a UK contact. The wines were good and as the range is wide and the use of oak subdued...

Burgundy – Day 3 – Trapet, Javillier, Rossignol Trapet, de Vogüé & Lafarge

Bit misty this morning but it burnt off eventually. As for day 2 we started in Gevrey - Domaine Trapet was first up with Jean-Louis and Andree as welcoming as ever. The tasting was big (24 wines) and diverse. There is so much to like about the Trapet wines, Jean-Louis’ inquisitive...