With five vintages leading Maison Camille Giroud under his belt, Carel Voorhuis opens up about his experiences so far – and how the allure of Burgundy proved impossible to resist. “Vaccinating hundreds of pigs a day wasn’t as interesting as I hoped it would be,” says Carel Voorhuis, who relinquished his veterinary studies in the […]

Overseeing Grands Crus and other top terroir is no mean feat – especially at the tender age of 32. Here, as he prepares to succeed his father, Simon Follin-Arbelet shares his plans for the family domaine in Aloxe-Corton. Simon Follin-Arbelet has just completed his fifth vintage at his family estate in Aloxe-Corton. When we visit him in October 2021, […]

Claire Naudin is on the margins of Burgundy – literally and philosophically. We meet her at Domaine Naudin-Ferrand in the Hautes-Côtes to discuss her occasionally unorthodox approach and 100-year vision. At estates up, down and around the Côte d’Or, savoir-faire is handed down from one generation to the next. When Claire Naudin took over her family domaine in […]

The number of individual châteaux in Bordeaux is dwindling. Here, Charlie Geoghegan looks at how the Classified Growths are impacting vineyard consolidation – and speaks to some of the smaller producers operating outside the classifications.