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 […]

Ahead of the release of the second edition of Inside Burgundy, Jasper Morris MW shares an excerpt from the book, explaining why Burgundy remains a singular source of magic. I did not grow up in a Burgundy-drinking family, but it became clear during my undergraduate years, theoretically pursuing the study of medieval history, that I should […]

Marking the release of the second edition of Inside Burgundy, we caught up with Jasper Morris MW to uncover how much Burgundy has changed during his working life.  Since its first publication in 2010, Inside Burgundy has been considered a landmark book on the wines of Burgundy. For author Jasper Morris MW, it grew out of a passion which was sparked almost four decades ago, in the early years of his wine career.    “My interest in Burgundy goes back to the early 1980s, when I was an importer of French wines and […]