A vertical of Domaine Chevrot’s Aligoté Tilleul with Pablo Chevrot
Website: https://www.chevrot.fr/ Pablo Chevrot (above) is the vice president of a group called Les Aligoteurs, focusing on the grape variety
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Aligoté: how a lesser-known variety from Bourgogne is suddenly hitting the big time, with a bright future ahead of it
Website: https://aligoteurs.wordpress.com/ Tucked away in a wood, in Flagey-Échezeaux – at the heart of the Route des Grands Crus in
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The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais
Website: https://www.verget-sa.fr/en/ Julien Desplans (winemaker, pictured above) and Sophie Guffens (daughter of the owner) were in town to show off
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Highlights: Domaine Reunaud Boyer Bourgogne Aligoté 2022
I’m a big fan of Aligoté, and this is one of the best I’ve tried of late. Domaine Reunaud Boyer
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Discovering the Mâconnais (10) Domaine du Bicheron
Website: https://www.domainedubicheron.com/en/ Bicheron is quite a big producer based in the in the Mâconnais, making 170 000 bottles under their
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Discovering the Mâconnais (9) Domaine Joseph Lafarge
Website: https://www.josephlafarge.com/en Domaine Joseph Lafarge is a winery and hospitality operation in the Mâconnais. I visited with Anthony, who’s 10th
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Exploring the Mâconnais (8) Domaine Thevenard
This is an interesting new project. In 2021 brothers Matthieu and Gaëtan Thevenard returned to the family property, which is
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Exploring the Mâconnais (7) Domaine Sylvaine & Alain Normand
Website: https://domaine-normand.com/en/home/ Sylvaine and Alain Normand is an impressive Mâcon producer with a winery and cellar door that has a
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Meet Raphaëlle Guyot, who is recovering lost terroirs in interesting parts of Bourgogne
UK agent: Newcomer Wines Raphaëlle Guyot studied winegrowing and winemaking at Beaune, graduating in 2015. This was followed up with
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Louis Jadot: how a major producer in Bourgogne is transitioning to organics and adapting to climate change, and tasting their 2023 releases
Website: https://www.louisjadot.com/ Recently I tasted through the 2023 releases from Louis Jadot, and interviewed David Stephan, export director, about the
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