by Caspar Bowes

Display at Chateau du TertreThe weather's done a complete volte face today, deciding morning time is overcast time, threatening precipitation, then finally clearing into blue skies and bright sunshine.A busy day: lots to taste and a fair amount of travelling. I headed north to catch the Union des Gr…

Cos d'Estournel from the terrace outside the tasting room at LafiteFresh is not a word to describe the condition in which I find myself sitting here in my hotel room in downtown Bordeaux having just wrestled with Bordeaux rush hour traffic for the last two-and-a-half hours. Fresh is, however, an en…

Red wine being racked out of a vat. The red sludge left behind is the dead yeast cells.Nuits St Georges was my destination this morning. And to say I was excited about the visit would be an understatement. I'd never been to Domaine Gouges before and it's a long time since I last sampled any of their…

Barrel samples ready for tasting at Domaine Camus-Bruchon in SavignyWhat a day: a day of bright sunshine and crisp northerly breezes. I am going to keep this short. It is now half past tomorrow's first hour and I require a period of dormancy.I have tasted in the Cote de Nuits this morning at produce…

A Mercedes, spotted this afternoon, inconveniently parked on a Cote de Beaune vineyardIt's been a fine first day in Burgundy after my train journey yesterday. I'd never traveled to Burgundy by railway, but had been advised by those with experience of such things that it was, in short, a doddle. And …