To Burgundy and Back Again: 2018 Hospices de Beaune
By Joshua Cohen
Last year, on the third Sunday of November, the 158th annual wine auction was held at the Hospices de Beaune. People from all over the world meet in the historic...
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Dispatches from Burgundy: June 2018
By flatironwines Admin
A new generation is shaking up Burgundy.
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Intro to South Australia
By Jeff Patten
When talking about wine growing in South Australia, I think it's important to reiterate that this is a cool-climate wine growing region. My days there were on average about 14...
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Exploring the Fingerlakes
By flatironwines Admin
I recently spent a few days in the Fingerlakes, and though I certainly had my fair share of Riesling and Cabernet Franc, I was also excited about some unexpected wines...
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Another Thought on Pouilly Fuisse
By flatironwines Admin
It works out beautifully when the marketplace determines that X = Good, and suddenly the vintners can make and sell more wine for a higher price. The great modern day...
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Pure Burgundies from New Star Chantereves
By flatironwines Admin
Chantereves is an absolutely brilliant tiny negociant in Savigny-les-Beaune. The Chantereves team is the very outgoing and charming – Tomoko Kuriyama and her shyer and more reticent husband, Guillaume Bott....
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A Week In Burgundy With John Truax (Part 6)
By flatironwines Admin
Tuesday, November 17 I had to great fortune to be invited back to Becky and Russell’s house in Bouilland for another gala luncheon and a vertical tasting of Grivot Richebourg....
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A Week In Burgundy With John Truax (Part 5)
By flatironwines Admin
MONDAY, November 16 I got up, made coffee, bought a croissant at the bakery across the street and I walked across Beaune. A gray morning, the clouds were low in...
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A Week in Burgundy With John Truax (Part 4)
By flatironwines Admin
SUNDAY November 15th We were invited to a grand lunch at Becky Wasserman’s house in Bouilland. Her husband Russell Hone is a celebrated amateur cook who once worked for celebrated ...
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A Week In Burgundy With John Truax (Part 3)
By flatironwines Admin
SATURDAY November 14TH Saturday the tragic events in Paris cast a pallor and sense of uneasiness over the celebratory mood. Some questioned whether the auction would even be held. Would...
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Georgia On My Mind (Part 2)
By Jeff Patten
Amber Waves of Taste There’s been a lot of talk recently about “orange wines”: white varieties macerated and fermented on their skins, taking on an amber hue. The examples...
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A Week in Burgundy with John Truax (Part 2)
By flatironwines Admin
FRIDAY November 13, 2016 Friday morning was grey and foggy, it’s always like this during the Hospices week. We went to Vosne Romanee to taste with Louis-Michel Liger Belair. There...
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A Week in Burgundy with John Truax (Part 1)
By flatironwines Admin
Today we begin a wonderful journey with John Beaver Truax through Burgundy. He visited for a week during the 2015 Hospices de Beaune auction and we'll be posting a series...
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