This is just the second release of this wine (Benoit Tarlant began making it in 1999) and already it is one of my favorite Champagnes. 2002 Domaine Huet Vouvray Demi-Sec Clos du Bourg , $33, Imported by Robert Chadderdon Selections. Awesome wine, and it's the same price as a newly released 1er cru red Burgundy from a good terroir. MORE >>

If I'm buying an age worthy wine, a good red Burgundy, for example, I'm a believer in buying three bottles and drinking one when young in order to know the wine in that phase of its life. remember asking my friend Peter about this as we drove from one cellar tasting to another in Burgundy a little over a year ago. And that's fine. MORE >>

People mostly thought this was a Burgundy, that's how delicate and translucent it was, and how fresh and spicy. could tell without even tasting that it was a Burgundy, a big and ripe example, with a heady fruity perfume. guessed it to be either a 2002, or perhaps a 2000 from a top producer and a top site. But my friends didn't. MORE >>

And my my pal Bruce had a bunch of people over for dinner and selected Burgundy as his wine theme, and he was quite generous with the bottles he opened. Overachievers: 1999 Domaine Leroy Meursault - Tough to get a handle on, but with time to re-taste and to think about the wine, it kind of blew me away. But you get my point. MORE >>

began in a French table area and tried some Sancerres (made from Sauvignon Blanc), some white Burgundys (made from Chardonnay) and some white blends. Hubery Lamy of Burgundy presented 3 wines. Denis section of Burgundy. Given the time I only managed to taste their 1999 Paje Barbaresco. don't know. great wine. MORE >>