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Fixing a Grand Cru in Fixin!


In Burgundy, there is a small village called Fixin where there is only 100 hectares planted in vines. And of those 100 hc, there is only one vineyard of five hectares where it is possible to follow the birth of … Continue reading

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A Woman Winemaker in Burgundy – Anne Parent


While on a three week visit in France, Thaddeus Buggs of  The Minority Wine Report sent me an email to see if I could be free to come along. Because October is the month that starts the end of the … Continue reading

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Spanish wine-makers discovers Rhone Wines


Celebrating the 50th birthday of Jaume (we call him Jack) Gramona and his wife Mariona last October, we and a group of  French friends got together and offered them a dinner for two in the famous restaurant

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