Having worked in his father’s vineyard since 1991, Denis Mortet set up his domaine under his own name and quickly made a name for himself as he was a perfectionist who put a lot of care and effort from vines to wines. The wines he produced were some of the most charming and elegant styles in Gevrey-Chambertin. Sadly, his life ended short in January 2006 and the domaine is currently managed by his son Arnaud who has brought the domaine into a new era. Denis Mortet made his last vintage in 2005 and nowadays mature Denis Mortet is nearly impossible to find, and many aficionados who are lucky enough...

Nicolas Potel started out with a successful negotiant business in 1996 and has since been known to produce some of the most best-valued Burgundies. He developed an extensive sourcing network for high-quality grapes and the skills to produce fantastic Burgundies at excellent price tags. Due to financial hardship, he decided to sell his business to the Cottin brothers of Labouré-Roi in 2004 and continued to produce wines under the label until he set up a new label Roche de Bellene in 2008 to continue his magnificent business in Beaune. With the new label, Nicolas Potel has been aggressively working on biodynamic...

An up and rising winemaker in Burgundy, Tino Kuban has a fantastic background with several experience at Domaine de L'Horizon, Felton Road, Burn Cottage, Sato Wines, Pierre Overnoy, Philippe Bornard, Jean-Yves Bizot, to name a few. Finally he settled in Meursault, and took over Bernard van Berg's estate, which is regarded as one of the most influential names in Burgundy. The first vintage started from 2019 and was renamed as “Les Jardins Vivants”. At nearly the same time, Tino also established Maison Glandien in Meursault and produces wines with his philosophy, only the highest quality grapes are selected in Burgundy, Beaujolais, Jura...

We always keep an eye out for outstanding Pinot Noir worldwide and there is one producer in particular that has caught our attention in recent years – Hamilton Russell Vineyards from South Africa - currently the top vineyard in the country making the best Pinot Noir in Burgundian-style. Anthony Hamilton Russell took over the estate in 1994 and did profound research of the soil composition, and he identified 52 hectares of stony, clay-rich, shale-derived soil are ideal for vine growing. With the vineyard being situated close to the sea, it receives cool breezes making it an ideal ground to grow Pinot Noir. After years of hard work...

Claire Naudin-Ferrand is one of the three daughters of Henri Naudin-Ferrand and wife of Jean-Yves Bizot, and has been in charge of Domain Naudin-Ferrand since 1994. Though this estate has been in the family for several generations, having studied geology and agronomy, Claire was keen to produce wines her own way and travelled in Australia and New Zealand before she took over the Domaine. Claire takes a very minimalist-intervention wine-making approach in which she does not use any chemicals in the vineyard, therefore only uses natural yeasts and only adds a very small amount of sulphur before bottling. No filtration is carried out...