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. Is there a finer drinking villages Meursault right now? I'd take a half case for the cellar and re-visit in 5 years. High expectations can color things. But you get my point. MORE >>

We drove with Jeanne Marie to Meursault on a Tuesday morning to visit Domaine Fichet. We walked through a cellar where the 2006 wines were adjusting to new life in barrels, and into a larger cellar with both barrels and big red steel tanks. The Meursault wines were much more focused in their flavors. MORE >>

recently discovered a Napa Valley Chardonnay that I really like. was babysitting for my pal Deetrane and we have this rule that when we babysit for each other, we get to open wine from the other guy's cellar. But what is this - a California Chardonnay? Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnay. know, sounds odd, right? MORE >>

This is a brilliant white wine, a Chardonnay that could go toe to toe with some from the far more famous and expensive Côte d'Or, the home of the Montrachets and of Meursault. Wine Blogging Wednesday is upon us again, installment # 39, and the theme is Silver Burgundy , or the wines of the Côte Chalonnaise or the Mâconnais. MORE >>

I think of endlessly beguiling and beautiful Pinot Noir, and also of Chardonnay - crystalline, tense, and rich. think of Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romaneé, Gevrey-Chambertin, and the storied villages of the Côte de Nuits, and also of Puligny, Meursault, Volnay, and the other superstars of the Côte de Beaune. Is this even possible? MORE >>