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The traditional basket press is back in fashion in Burgundy. Sarah Marsh MW asks some of the region’s leading producers why they’ve reclaimed a tool once destined for winemaking museums and village floral displays. In many respects Burgundy remains a traditional wine region, particularly in the vineyard, but it has not escaped the ebb and… View Article
Twenty-four Clos de Vougeot growers have teamed up to produce a one-off wine to be sold at a special auction by Sotheby’s in aid of the restoration of the historic Abbaye de Cîteaux. The unique cuvée is a blend of wines from the 2020 harvest produced from the participating growers’ vines within the Clos de… View Article
Sarah Marsh MW takes a fresh look at Crémant de Bourgogne, and finds a sparkling wine style developing its own, distinctively Burgundian identity. Crémant de Bourgogne: The producers and their wines Although I’ve been trotting to and from Burgundy for more than 20 years, I had never visited a crémant producer until recently. Crémant de… View Article
A lockdown collaboration between French chef Fréderic Ménager of Burgundy’s La Ferme de la Ruchotte and Édouard Parinet of Château du Moulin au Vent inspired Joanna Simon to think anew about how to make and match coq au vin. You might wonder what of interest could possibly be added to the discussion (written and otherwise)… View Article
Chloe Ashton reviews the latest facts and figures from the fine-wine market, amid talk of online bidding looking to make a more permanent mark on proceedings in the wake of its success during the Covid-19 pandemic. The fine-wine market is back in business, breaking records and bursting with energy. Following a slump through the latter… View Article
In October, The World of Fine Wine’s Burgundy critic, Sarah Marsh MW, spent some time working alongside Geraldine Godot, the skilled winemaker at the helm of Domaine de l’Arlot, the AXA Millésimes-owned producer based just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges. A week later she attended an impressive tasting of the producer’s wines in London. There was an… View Article
Margaret Rand celebrates the life of the enormously influential négociant Becky Wasserman, who did so much to shape small-domaine Burgundy over the past half-century, and who will be remembered for her transparency, honesty, and kindness. Life stories can unravel at wakes. Unexpected people turn up; anecdotes reveal hidden corners of lives. At the celebration of… View Article
