Only established a little over two decades ago in 1999, Lucien Le Moine is relatively new negociant house in Burgundy but has made its mark quickly with the amazing work by owners Mounir and Rotem Saouma who have had extensive work experiences and studies in the field. Mounir worked in the monastery vineyards in the Middle East in the late 1980s and was where he first learned to make wine. He subsequently studied Viticulture and Oenology in Montpellier, followed by six years of working in Burgundy, other areas of France, and also in California, USA. His wife, Rotem, on the...

Didier Dagueneau started his journey in wine from 1982 by acquiring his parcel of vineyard in Loire. The vineyards are located in Saint Landelin in the Nievre and Didier developed himself as a legendary winegrower in Loire valley. His mentor was Henri Jayer, in the vineyards the yields are kept extremely low, little amount of sulfur is applied and the wines are aged on lees for several months and are not racked to retain crystal-clear color. Also, he decided to age his Sauvignon Blanc in barrels which was uncommon at early age to add power and structure to the wine...

Established in 2008, Domaine Berlancourt is one of the smallest Domaines in Burgundy which is located in Meursault. Adrien Berlancourt has been exposed to different wines since a very young age, and when he was just 20 years old in 2008, he already finished working at Etienne Sauzet and Domaine Trapet, then together with his father Pierre aimed to produce the most natural and high-quality Chardonnay. Pierre was a high-regarded sommelier, who is a very good friend with two of the Burgundy legends Jean-Francois Coche Dury and the ex-DRC winemaker Bernard Noblet. They visit the domaine twice a year to taste the wines and offer suggestions.  Last week, the...

This week, part of our team visited Burgundy to meet friends, business partners and also to sample the latest 2021 vintage. We stayed in Meursault, a nice apartment overseeing a fantastic view of Meursault Les Chevalières and we've spent a lot of time to explore the terroir and the wines of Meursault! Meursault produces some of the finest white wines in Burgundy, with nearly 400ha of wine producing area with 97% being used for white wines and the rest for reds. The wines of Meursault glorify the art of Chardonnay and nowhere in the Cote de Beaune does the Chardonnay grape do better than it does...

Thanks to their strong financial arm, Bouchard Pere et Fils is one of the top Maisons in Burgundy that produces sublime wines at very reasonable prices. Their whites are known to be concentrated and dense, and refined with oak that allows a big wine to age for a long time. We have recently successfully purchased a case of Bouchard Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2006 and think it is a mature, top white which you should not miss. Comparing it with another Grand Cru from Bouchard, the Corton-Charlemagne offers fantastic price and quality ratio which matched the score of Chevalier Montrachet with a fraction of price -  Only...