Bold cabernets and buttery Chardonnays trumped the pinched pencil-lead of first-growth Bordeaux and the ashen angularity of Grand Cru Burgundy.". home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Fortune Small Business recommendation | Main | Q & A With Alice F. Now, what could make the fellow happier? MORE >>

Some red Burgundies are fruity and enticing when young, then shut down for many years, and then emerge with less fruit perhaps, but with new layers of depth and complexity. What if you were offered a gift bottle of any of those wines - which would you choose? Tags: Comte Armand Simon Bize Mugnier Burgundy Michel Lafarge MORE >>

You can read more about these vineyards in the Vosne-Romanée Village Profile at Burgundy Report. This wine is a true gift, and I wish that anyone who loves Burgundy could have been there to share it. It's wines like this that make me question everything about the way I bought Burgundy over the past three years. Georges. MORE >>

Holiday gift for 80 year-old father-in-law from Montana who has begun to explore Rhone wines and discovered life beyond California. He loves his father-in-law and it needs to be Burgundy, so he gave me leeway to double the price. HI Alice, 1. So many bottles so little time. But the price point was too low. The answer? the 2006 vintage. MORE >>

Anyway, my generous friend Tista gave me the gift of a bottle of 2003 Château Rayas last time I saw him, and I figured that it would be nice with our cheese course. People mostly thought this was a Burgundy, that's how delicate and translucent it was, and how fresh and spicy. served three courses, each paired with a wine poured blind. MORE >>