(Note: This is a story about wineries visited by the author in Puligny-Montrachet in France’s Burgundy region.) Puligny-Montrachet, France — The streets are deserted. There’s barely even a sound — ...
A prestigious wine-producing pocket of Burgundy is now home to the new COMO Le Montrachet hotel. The new COMO Le Montrachet in Burgundy, France. Puligny-Montrachet is a name wine lovers will know for ...
The first time I remember drinking white Burgundy was in 1985, shortly after I returned to Manhattan after a sojourn at graduate school. The bottle in question was a birthday present from my second ...
Lovers of white Burgundy alert! Here’s a lovely Puligny-Montrachet from the Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet for only about $30. A warm gold in color, the 2005 “Clos du Chateau” is crisp and cool, with ...
Though white wines of epic grace and beauty come from such regions as Alsace, the Rhône, Austria, Germany, California, and Oregon, nowhere does the Chardonnay grape develop the combination of ...
The rule of thumb is that the more they tell you on a wine label about its origin, the better the wine is. For instance, if the label merely says French wine, we will not expect to be wowed, but if it ...
In speaking of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, many writers exhaust their store of superlatives, pouring out prose more purple than the Pinot Noir from Burgundy’s most famous producer. This adulation can ...
The greatest white wine commune on earth.” So did Clive Coates MW describe the 230-hectare commune of Puligny-Montrachet in Burgundy. Winemakers able to make wine on this slice of land, a heartbeat ...
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado ” Wine is made on every permanently inhabited continent on Earth. More wines emerge onto the market every day, but there are some regions that simply mean wine, for example ...