The last time I drank this many wines in an evening was the Savigny-lès-Beaune night I hosted and nothing showed very well. assumed it was Savagin, but Sophie told us that it is Chardonnay in 2001. I'm starting to believe in the influence of lunar cycles on wine. And there have been exceptions. And yes, it was a fruit day. MORE >>

Born in Bavaria, trained as an architecture in Toulouse, Ludwig Binderangel got the wine bug, attended the viticole in Beaune. Can you imagine tasting an oxidative wine for the first time after working with burgundy chardonnay and saying, what the hell, let's make that? Wanted land in Burgundy. Was attacked by sticker shock. Get that? MORE >>

This is a blend of mostly Chardonnay and some Aligoté made in Savigny-lès-Beaune by a producer that makes only Crémant, highly unusual for a Burgundy producer. And with about a half hour open, I realized that it actually tastes like still Chardonnay from Savigny-lès-Beaune, which is a good thing - it tastes good. MORE >>

2005 D omaine Simon Bize & Fils Bourgogne Chardonnay (8, I) The value white of the tasting without question. 2005 Domaine Simon Bize & Fils Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses (7+, M) Tight nose not revealing much, but flashes of perfume. Such an impressive lineup of producers, such a pleasure to taste through the wines. MORE >>

The '05s from Marechal are now available, and the Pommard, the Cote de Beaune village with the biggest muscles, the one that might require the longest time to reveal its charms, it was this young wine that impressed me as the most complex and immediately drinkable. hauled my butt into Manhattan (!) Packed already, and only 1:10 PM. MORE >>