Drinking a 92 Grand Cru Chablis as I write this. Yesterday started tasting in St. Aubin, which is a very large appelation and very beautiful. Got a tour and went into the Le Montrachet vineyard, which is the most expensive Chardonnay in the world. We hopped a beautiful stone wall into a part of the [More]

Tasted over 50 wines today and my palate is destroyed. Drinking a beer now at the end of the day. Started with a producer in Mersault. Pulled up to some dudes house; you would never guess that he had a cellar with a few thousand bottles of wine. Brutal 9am tasting there. You spit it [More]

I am transcribing my journal from Burgundy into posts and hope to have a link to some photos soon. Enjoy! Sitting outside chez Nicholas (Nico) Potel. Decided to write a journal because pictures are not enough. The house is right across from the street in Nuits St. George. Weather is storybook: warm, sunny, clear days [More]

I am in Nuits St George staying at the house of Nicholas Potel. Had a wonderful dinner of Beef Borgogne and a lovely Premier Cru red Burgundy. Then ate greatest cheese ever with more red Burgundy. Today went to Beaune and bought vin, fromage, paté and had a feast back at Potel’s. Drank a 1987 [More]

Hey, I feel like Jim Anchower in the Onion: “Sorry I haven’t rapped at ya for a while…” Hopefully this will make up for it. I leave for France in two days for a mega-wine tour and harvest experience. I will be working a harvest for Nicholas Potel in Burgundy at the end of September. [More]

2002 Fevre Grand Cru Chablis Les Clos Wow, I never new Chablis could have a little richness like this. It has wonderful freshness, acidity, purity of the Chardonnay grape. Then this very subtle, lingering richness that stays with you for a loooong time. Whereas the Corton Charlemange was all about POWER, this Grand Cru Burgundy [More]

2000 Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru   I got a wicked deal on this…only 40 bucks.  It blew me away.  Incredible richness, elegance…aroma/flavor of caramel, toffee, creme brulee.  The finish lasted forever.  Anyone who says white wines cannot be powerful, you must have a Corton-Charlemagne.  I must quote from The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil, writing [More]

Chablis rules. It is the steely, minerally, powerfully acidic (in a good way…great aging potential) Chardonnay. It’s lumped in with Burgundy, but it is actually closer to Champagne. Chablis makes me giddy with joy…for me it is everything Chardonnay should be. 2002 William Fevre Chablis Premier Cru “Fourchaume” WOW! What a pleasure to drink this [More]