Category: Burgundy Wine

A taste of Burgundy: jambon persillé and oeufs en meurette

Following the release of the 2014 vintage, we are immersed in all things Burgundy. Here our Head Chef Stewart Turner continues the theme with two classic dishes from the region that produces some of the world’s finest wines. With the excess of Christmas just behind us, we turn our attention to the launch of the […]

On the road in Burgundy

Will Heslop – Buying Assistant – recounts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of his quest to collect the precious samples for our Burgundy en primeur tasting. The Burgundy en primeur offer is, for many of our customers, the highlight of the wine calendar: a first chance to become acquainted with a new vintage and to […]

What to drink in 2016: Burgundy

Following on from his comparable report on Bordeaux, our Cellar Plan Manager Tom Cave outlines the vintages of both red and white Burgundy that you should be bringing up from the cellar this year. Red Burgundy The 1999s continue to develop very much in their own, individual, unhurried way. The 2000 and 2001 vintages are […]

The toast maker

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair is home to the eponymous winemaker whose biodynamic vines encompass Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot and Nuits-St Georges Les St Georges. Here he shares his philosophy on all things vinous – and explains how he got into cooperage. I believe that 80 percent of the work should be done in the vineyards.  Always […]