I tasted the Domaine Trapet 2024s yesterday, but also had the chance to taste their current range from their family domaine in Alsace. I bought some – and why not – aren’t Alsace ...

Well, didn’t that weather change quickly !! A week ago, we were barely seeing 20°C and the heating in my apartment in Beaune was working to keep a steady 20°C. This week it’s been ...

The truth is out – Burgundy wine is not just red, it can be white or rosé, it can even be fizzy. Principally in ‘northern Burgundy’ it is about pinot noir and chardonnay, with minor supporting rôles ...

A wine-saturated cork, though I only broke the first cm. The cork itself smells of oxidised wine – but for older wines (usually 30 years older!) – that’s often the case for a wine-saturated cork, and ...

Done – Andrew Lloyd Weber, £500,000: Andrew Lloyd Webber sold his wine cellar ‘treasures‘ for charity. Hosted by Christie’s, this sale was to benefit the provision of musical instruments in schools.