While Coche Dury, Arnaud Ente and Roulot are undeniably marvellous domaines with very high quality productions across the board but they also come with high price tags. If you are searching for some decent wines from Meursault with a more approachable price tag, Domaine des Comtes Lafon is one of the best names to follow. They own some decent terroirs in Meursault and produce Meursaults of astonishing depth and complexity but which still remains at friendly prices nowadays given the quality it offers. The current owner Dominique Lafon started managing the Domaine in 1985. Over the past 35 years, he...

One of the Grande Marques of Champagne, Bollinger has a long history in Aÿ dating back to 1829 when it was founded by Athanase de Villermont, Joseph Bollinger, and Paul Renaudin. The House makes some of the most full-bodied, rich and powerful style Champagne, with a Pinot-dominant style, use of barrel aging and being slightly oxidative. Their champagnes strike a beautiful balance between the intensity from Pinot Noirs and the freshness of Chardonnays. They have an impressive range to offer from their portfolio and the La Grande Annee is one of the more widely popular from the selection. The La Grande...

The iconic polychromatic-tiled Hôtel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune) in central Beaune currently owns around 60 hectares which the majority are used for Pinot Noir production and the rest used for Chardonnay, in which around 85% are premier crus and grand crus. They have entrusted 22 winemakers to produce wines and sell their productions at their auction which offer great sentimental and financial value. Each of these entrusted winemakers have deep roots in Burgundy and possess intimate knowledge of the terroir and the secret to making fine wines, and one of which is the famed Albert Bichot. Today we are pleased to...

La Closerie was established in 1987 by Jérôme Prévost, who inherited the 2 ha vineyards from his grandmother which is known as Les Béguines. Jérôme's grandmother didn’t cultivate the vines herself but rented them out instead. Jérôme then worked on the vines himself as he took over, and sold his grapes out to the negoce, but a few years later, he considered producing his own wines. As he did not have any winemaking experience, he decided to work at Jacques Selosse under Anselme Selosse as a trainee. With Anselme's encouragement, he started working on his own wines from 1998 and released...

Founded in 1859 in Vertus, Côte des Blancs, Duval-Leroy is 100% family-owned and is one of the last champagne houses to be totally independent at this size. They have large vineyard holdings (200 hectares) in which they have a presence in all villages that are classified as ‘Grand Cru’ of the Côte des Blancs and have notable holdings in the ‘Grands Noirs’ of the Montagne de Reims as well. Carol Duval-Leroy has been in charge of the family business since 1991 and her three sons Julien, Charles and Louis have now come on board to perpetuate the house spirit. Their...