What a long-ass day. Worked from 7am to 11:15pm getting the winery ready for when the grapes arrive tomorrow. Looks like for tomorrow I will be at the home base in Nuits St. George across the street and not picking in the field. Hopefully my time will come soon. I’m sure whatever it is I [More]

Well, diner at Nicholas’ was again over the top. Our Australian guest was not prepared for the mind-blowing array of wines that were brought out. We started with Moscato d’Asti, which Nicholas prefers to champagne to begin with because it has less alcohol so you can survive the meal. Then we had about three vintages [More]

Tasted the most sublime wine yesterday. Tasted at Grivot and went through all the perfunctory ’03 barrel tastings (getting so blasé about this) then he had us taste some bottles from ’02. Then an Echezeaux (Grand Cru) from ’01 in bottle. It was everything I love about red Burgundy…so elegant, sublime, sensual, just flows beatifully [More]

Today was epic. We had to move all of Nicholas’ wine from his cellars here at the house in Nuits St. Georges to his home outside of Beaune. Started at 8am hauling tons of wine in incredibly heavy milk crates. Backbreaking work. We spent two hours straight loading up three vans and then unloading at [More]

Went to Alsace today. So pretty! Like something out of an alpine fairy tale. Flowers everywhere, hanging off window sills, lots of colorful homes. Met a winemaker who didn’t speak a lick of English, but we understood the word “tour”, so he led us to these super steep slopes—I had to crawl at some point [More]

Just had a religious experience. Walked into town for lunch and was going to sit down somewhere, but decided instead to head to the boulangerie and pick up a sandwich. Got an incredible sandwich, about a food-long baguette filled with salami, ham, sliced cornichons, and mayo. Walked back to the house in a state of [More]

Tasted with some guy in Mersault with the sommelier from Veritas in NYC and three dudes who were on a buying trip. While tasting there was this animated Frenchman who was talking about the Macon and winemaking and it turned out he was—Dominique Lafon!!! And we got to go to a tasting at his place [More]

Another perfect day in Burgundy. Drinking a wondeful rose from Corbieres as I write this. Should be 85 and sunny the rest of the week. Sunny is good for grapes and harvest should start around Sept 25th. This morning visited a producer in Savigny les Beaune—Ecard. He did not speak a lick of English but [More]