Samuel Billaud, making some of the best wines in Chablis
Samuel Billaud was working for his family domaine, Billaud-Simon, a member of the sixth generation of the family to grow
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The Remedy is one of London’s best wine bars
Website: https://theremedylondon.com/ Just north of Oxford Street, before you get to Regent’s Park, you’ll find one of the best places
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Discovering the Mâconnais (13) Domaines Auvigue
Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/en-domaines-auvigue/ Auvigue is the jewel in the crown of Maison Jean Loron, which is one of the oldest and
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Discovering the Mâconnais (12) Les Vignerons de Mancey
Website: https://www.lesvigneronsdemancey.fr/en/ Les Vignerons de Mancey is, as the name suggests, a cooperative cellar. But it’s a small cooperative, around
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Discovering the Mâconnais (11) Domaine Eric et Catherine Giroud
Website: https://www.domainegiroud.fr/ I met with Eric and Catherine on a lovely July day in one of their vineyards, along with
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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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