South Africa has more than its fair share of gorgeous tasting rooms – yet visiting Nederburg in Paarl, the fabulous scenery upon arrival, the immaculate cool and refreshing entrance to the tasting room, and the appearance of the fun, friendly, and gregarious cellar master Razvan Macici make this an extra-special visit. Nederburg Web Site. MORE >>

So I got together with a group of Burgundy loving friends who all dug deeply into their cellars and we drank a load of wine - top producers, from villages to Grand Cru. Here are the wines we drank, in the order that we drank them with our dinner: Jean-Marc Morey Beaune 1er Cru Grèves. bought some 2004 wines. Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin. MORE >>

JMF: For my generation, we all had to go to wine school in Beaune in the 1980's. was a cellar worker, punching the cap, doing everything like that. My father kicked him out of the cellar and said to him "My job is to make wine, your job is to taste it, not to tell me how to make it." Denis. It remains with them today. MORE >>

It is November, very chilly, and in Beaune the region is gearing up for the Hospices de Beaune. Sylvain points out a cage for birds (they must have been chosen for color and beauty) and a potato cellar, as well as some alters carved into the rock that one can enter for a few feet. The Cellar. George. In the Winery. MORE >>

The goal is eventually to have dinner together twice a year, but we need to build our cellar in order to do that, so we meet once a year for now. Buying newly released wine for the cellar is the easy part. We then had two wines from the Grèves vineyard in Beaune. 1989 Albert Morot Beaune 1er Cru Grèves , $65. Premoxed! MORE >>