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Learn from the Best: Méo-Camuzet 1991-2013
Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Burgundy, featured
, May 2026
Méo-Camuzet is one of Burgundy’s most revered producers. Following an insightful dinner that featured their top cuvées, this article details the complex origins of the domaine, Henri Jayer’s role in its evolution and how his willing pupil, Jean-Nicolas Méo, has steered the domaine to great heights.
2023 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: Through the Dark
France: Burgundy, featured
, Mar 2026
The annual tasting of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s new releases provided a terrific opportunity to taste the domaine’s complete range and check in on a few older wines as well. Co-Managers Bertrand de Villaine and Perrine Fenal presented the vintage and wines, continuing a tradition that goes back several decades.
Vinous Table: La Table du Square, Beaune, France
France: Burgundy, Vinous Table
, Mar 2026
It is easy to see why La Table du Square is one of Beaune’s most popular places to dine. There is always a lively atmosphere, and the milk-fed lamb has become one of the area’s must-eat dishes.
Burgundy 2024: The State of Play
France: Burgundy, featured
, Mar 2026
There is much handwringing about the escalation of Burgundy prices. In this opinion piece, I disentangle the interrelated factors that have upheld that gravity-defying escalation, its consequences and how it all might play out.
Curse of the Fours: Bouchard Père 1861-2014
Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Burgundy, featured
, Mar 2026
The word for “four” might be unlucky in Japan, but it certainly was not unlucky with regard to a stunning tasting of wines from Bouchard Père’s cellar back to the 19th century. If that’s not enough, a second Bouchard Père dinner held without a numerical theme was just as enthralling. Together, they form an unrepeatable vinous journey through time.
Vinous Table: La Lune, Beaune, France
France: Burgundy, Vinous Table
, Feb 2026
The litmus test of a restaurant is not whether it blows you away on your first sitting, but whether it blows you away on your tenth, or your twentieth. Despite how many times I have eaten at La Lune, my favourite restaurant in Beaune, I always depart feeling elated.
No Alarm: 2023 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
France: Burgundy, featured
, Feb 2026
Despite a brief interruption from the fire alarm, it was business as usual as I entered the “classroom” to taste the 2023 releases from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti with “teachers” Bertrand de Villaine and Perrine Fenal. Which cuvées stood out this year?
It’s Rousseau’Clock: Grand Crus 1967-2019
Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Burgundy, featured
, Feb 2026
It’s Rousseau’clock! An epic tasting of Rousseau’s Grand Crus last November provided valuable insight into their Clos de la Roche, Ruchottes and Charmes-Chambertin. Whilst market prices have escalated in recent years, what has not changed is the calibre of their wines.
Burgundy 2024: One Battle After Another
France: Burgundy, featured
, Jan 2026
The 2024 vintage tested the mettle of every winemaker in Burgundy. In some ways, there are two entirely different growing seasons in the most complex and fascinating vintage I have ever reported on. Quantities can be absurdly minuscule, quality wildly variable, yet for every calamity, there is a triumph against the odds. It's a vintage that raises more questions than answers.
Cellar Favorite: 1997 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jan 2026
There aren’t too many things I enjoy more than a mature bottle of Raveneau Chablis. Approaching its thirtieth birthday, the 1997 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru is in magnificent form today.