And the 1990 Robert Ampeau Volnay Santenots , a wine that began better than the others, but still was a tangled mess. Italy Chablis El Maestro Sierra Dagueneau Eric Texier Closel Robert Ampeau Loire Valley Burgundy Vincent Dauvissat Jean Vesselle Sherry Paul Bara Savennières Slope Farms Emidio PepeThis neighbor raises pigs. MORE >>

When I think of most of the wines that I love, be it Burgundy, Loire Valley wines, Beaujolais, and even Champagne, I think of those wines as representing a specific place. And I don't mean Burgundy as a place, for example. And there is a difference between Olga Raffault's 1989 Chinon Picasses and 1990 Chinon Picasses. MORE >>

double magnum of 1990 DRC Romanée St.Vivant caught my eye. They don't go for anything else, not even the great Burgundies." I finally got my act together and found a place to store my wine. It had been sleeping in a friend's basement cellar, but he sold his house. The warehouse is the size of an airplane hangar. I asked. LOADS. MORE >>

Then again, you might be influenced by the way experts taste in Burgundy, which is red first and then white. Martin Tesch. Today in NYC two of the biggest wine shows came to town, both located at the same time at different ends of the city. Then - as today - he brought with him glass jars containing the various soils of his appellation. MORE >>

began to try in my mind to make the wine fit within some Burgundy compartment. kept trying to make it a Burgundy. In blind tastings past I've tried to turn Châteauneuf du Pape into Burgundy. In the end, certain that I would be wrong, I said "I think it is a southern Rhône wine, late 1990's." He likes pork. real treat. MORE >>