Posted on 14 February 2012.
By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.louismicheletfils.com/ The northern most part of Burgundy is known as the Chablis region – it produces dry, white wines that are widely considered to be some of the best in the world. Louis Michel and Fils’s 2009 Premier Cru is a Chardonnay-based wine that does an admirable job of showcasing that [...]
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Posted in Burgundy, French Wines, Reviews
Posted on 14 February 2012.
By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.morey-vins.com/ Price: $39 For those who haven’t had the chance to try a white Burgundy, you really are missing out in so many ways. In fact, I feel that, for too long now, the American palate at large has been somewhat homogenized to what’s possible with Chardonnay. In this country [...]
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Posted in Burgundy, French Wines, Reviews
Posted on 23 January 2012.
By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.matrot.com/ I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most well-versed with it comes to Burgundy wines but I can tell you that it was a “white Burgundy” that I had a few months ago that was not only the single-best bottle of wine I’ve ever had, it [...]
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Posted in Burgundy, French Wines, Reviews
Posted on 19 August 2009. Tags: burgundy, france, french wine, pinot noir
No doubt, the movie Sideways did a lot to bolster the sales of Pinot a few years ago and while I’m not at all a fan of the movie’s impact on wine sales (it shows we as a culture are too easily talked into what to drink), I do like a good pinot. To wine [...]
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Posted in Burgundy, California Wines, French Wines, Pinot Noir, Reviews
Posted on 02 June 2009.
Our friend, Dan Snyder, was kind enough to share these pictures he took on a recent trip to France – this is an old wine cellar of Domaine Trapet – located in the Burgundy region.
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Posted in Blog, Burgundy, French Wines, Pictures