Tag: hail

Burgundy 2017: vintage report

The 2017 vintage in Burgundy was excellent, providing both quality, quantity and relief for the region’s vignerons. Ahead of the release of the 2017s en primeur, our Buyer Adam Bruntlett provides a detailed run-down of the exact conditions that made it such a success

Burgundy 2016: vintage report

Our Buyer Adam Bruntlett details the 2016 growing conditions, and how Burgundy’s vignerons triumphed against the odds The 2016 growing season was one of the most testing for many years. For the Côte d’Or and Chablis, the most significant climatic event of the season came shortly after budbreak, on the night of the 26th and […]

Burgundy struck by frost and hail

Our Burgundy Director Jasper Morris MW reports from the region as the vignerons of the Côte d’Or are once more the subject of nature’s whimsy, with their vineyards battered by frost and hail. The recent weather pattern has been for cool sunny days and starry cloudless nights, both infused by a cool north wind: too […]

Weathering the storm: hail in Burgundy

As, once again, Burgundian producers are left to assess the damage wreaked by a short-but-sharp hail strike, Jasper Morris MW – our buyer who lives in the region for much of the year – weighs up the vignerons’ options for protecting their precious crop. Which job could be more wonderful than the life of a […]