Edges of Burgundy: Saint-Aubin
By Jeff Patten
Today we start exploring the Edges of Burgundy with Saint-Aubin. This is a series that focuses on villages of Burgundy that are less heralded despite producing world class and age-worthy...
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Edges of Burgundy: Our New Blog Series
By Jeff Patten
Is Burgundy going the way of Bordeaux? Prices certainly are going up every year. The top producers’ wines are now out of reach for the vast majority of us. In...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on St. Amour and Chenas
By Jeff Patten
Today we'll finish up with the two remaining crus, St. Amour and Chenas. It is tempting to assume that, because I am covering them last, I hold St. Amour and...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Chiroubles
By Jeff Patten
Regnie and Chiroubles have a couple of things in common. They both border Morgon, but, unlike their famous neighbor, they are considered among the lightest and most forward-drinking of the...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Cote de Brouilly and Brouilly
By Jeff Patten
We deal with two AOCs in one focus this time because, as the names suggest, these are two Crus that really ought to be discussed together. The most important distinction...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Julienas
By Jeff Patten
If Julienas sounds a bit like Julius Caesar, it’s because they were actually making wine here 2000 years ago and Julius did in fact give the AOC its name (as...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Fleurie
By Jeff Patten
Fleurie may lack the blockbusters that Moulin-a-Vent can produce, and it may not have the same league of famous producers that you find in Morgon, but some believe that Fleurie’s...
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Morgon
By Jeff Patten
Morgon is blessed with a greater number of quality producers than any of the other Crus.
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Cru Beaujolais: Focus on Moulin-a-Vent
By Jeff Patten
I am starting our Cru Beaujolais series with Moulin-à-Vent because of the soils that lie beneath the vines. Thanks to those soils, Moulin-à-Vent can produce a wine that many Beaujolais-lovers consider to...
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