We stayed at the hotel Villa Louise ( picture below with orange leaves ) in Aloxe-Corton, a small town just north of Beaune. In fact, the only Grand Cru red wines that come from the southern part of Burgundy, the Cotes de Beaune, come from Aloxe-Corton. Right: rainbow off the road between Beaune and Aloxe-Corton MORE >>

The two "lesser" regions I refer to are the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais, both south of the Cote de Beaune and north of Beaujolais. The reds can be a little high toned and cranberry-shrill for me, but I should taste more. The Cote Chalonnaise is home to Mercury, Givry, Montagny, and Rully, to name a few. MORE >>

I am still talking about the Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting, but I'm changing it up here at Brooklynguy's place. When I get to go to a tasting like Martin Scott's, I get really excited, and in my excitement I shared lots of my personal wine scores in previous posts. But the Cote de Beaune is the place to go. MORE >>

Prices for the top bottles are truly insane, and you're going to spend $50 just for village level wine from the Cote de Nuits. I've basically accepted the fact that the bulk of my 05 Burgundy will be from the Cote de Beaune. Maybe another taste of the Bourgogne is in order 2005 Burgundy is nuts. Tough call. MORE >>

on Saturday, thinking I would be the first guy at Chambers Street Wines for the tasting. And as a reader named Andrew pointed out in his comments on Spring Tastings in NYC , many of the people in the store seemed to have no idea what was going on, they were there simply because they walked by and smelled the wine in the air. MORE >>