Category: Burgundy Wine

Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard: it’s complicated 

Can it be that it was all so simple then?  Caroline Lestimé has spent the past three decades making life complicated for herself – and the wines from her family domaine in Chassagne-Montrachet have never been better  Caroline Lestimé wasn’t expecting visitors until this afternoon. It’s just gone 9am and she’s got a lot on her […]

Domaine Faiveley: big and small

“In 18 years, I’ve never seen the cellar this full,” says Erwan Faiveley as he shows us around. The 2022 and 2023 vintages here have been generous. Erwan was just 25 years old when he took over the family firm. He doesn’t look a lot older now than he did back then. A little less hair, perhaps, but he has kept a bright, youthful air about him.

Burgundy 2021: looking back

As Burgundy 2021 draws to a close, Commercial Manager Martyn Rolph shares his insights into this year’s En Primeur offer. How would you describe this year’s Burgundy En Primeur campaign?  It has been fun and challenging in equal measure. We love talking about these wines; there’s pleasure to be found in matching customers to the […]

Burgundy’s new generation

Burgundy is an old winegrowing region, but you might be surprised just how many young people are running (or getting ready to run) its top domaines. Here, we meet a handful of the region’s next-generation vignerons. In a family business like wine, generational change is inevitable. This is certainly the case in Burgundy, where many […]