A new joiner in Burgundy with strong German perfectionism, Les Horées comes from Catharina Sadde who is German in origin, and her French husband Guilhem. Les Horées was founded in 2019, Catharina Sadde turned herself from a trained chef to a winemaker by studying enology and viticulture in Montpellier and at the University of Geisenheim. After that, she did several internships in Domaine de la Romanee Conti, Joseph Drouhin, Comte Armand, Comte de Vogüe, and Cècile Tremblay, a perfect background that she was able to turn herself into one of the most exciting young winemakers in Burgundy. Nowadays Les Horées owns 1.56ha of vineyards and the...

Henri Giraud is a prestigious name known for producing rich, extensive, and powerful wine. Founded way back in 1625, Henri Giraud is one of the oldest Champagne houses in the region and is still a family-run business that is currently owned by twelfth-generation Claude Giraud, with his son managing the company while his son-in-law is the head winemaker. Their wines are 100% oak-fermented and the house insists on producing with oak casks from the forest in Aÿ to impose the forest terroir into the wine, giving it one of the most unique flavors among Champagnes in the world. It's powerful with lots of substances, and with further aging in...

“The basic good qualities definitely were there even before it became Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer in 2017.” - Steen Öhman, Winehog Originating from the Jayer family in Vosne-Romanée, The domaine was founded in the 1950s by Robert Jayer and Robert’s wife Paulette. It’s located in Magny-lès-Villers near Nuits-Saint-Georges. The domaine passed to their son Gilles Jayer in 1998 and decided to sell the estate to André Hoffmann and Alexandre Vernet took over the winemaking work in the estate. From Vintage 2017, changes have been made and the Echezeaux du Dessus Grand Cru was aged in 100% new oak which result in a modern and balanced approach. We are...

The Gros family has been making excellent wine in Burgundy since the early 1800s when Alphonse Gros married Madame Latour and acquired their first parcels of vines in Vosne-Romanee. Anne-Françoise Gros, who later married François Parent of Pommard, has been a remarkable producer in Vosne Romanee and Beaune with elegance and finesse. Anne-Françoise Gros inherited part of the vineyards from Domaine Jean Gros, later she bought and leased a few and also part of the share from Domaine Parent. Nowadays, From Vintage 2020, Domaine A-F Gros produced a new big cuvee of Vosne-Romanee Suchots 1er Cru which the grapes came from her sister Anne Gros...

I went through some offers which are still available now and trust Francois Bertheau 2020 is a top buy if you have missed it earlier.  Francois Bertheau has been consistently under our radar over the years and is a respectable producer who never disappointed us. Please find the below details and let me know if you would like to place an order. It is always a joy to enjoy a bottle of Chambolle-Musigny from Francois Bertheau. The domaine currently owns about 6 hectares of vineyards scattered over Chambolle-Musigny and also in Bonnes-Mares, the only Grand Cru from the domaine. Half of the vineyards are village level, and...