Archive for December, 2009

Happy Christmas

Friday, December 25th, 2009

We are looking forward to the unexpectedly delicious 2008 Burgundies to be released at the start of January, a potentially outstanding 2009 vintage from Bordeaux after Easter and the highly anticipated Rhone 2009s

Fantastic Mr Fichet

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

My first encounter with Meursault was not a happy one. More than ten years ago during a weekend at The Lords of the Manor in Upper Slaughter (which was incidentally

A thirst for knowledge

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

It’s been a punishing week and the stock of milk thistle has been under pressure!
Monday night guest of Louis Roederer drinking the sublime Cristal 2002, alongside

Pudding wine and Port

Monday, December 14th, 2009

As one comes to the end of the turkey or beef… or whatever it is that has got the taste buds so excited on the BIG day… just as you are thinking “I can’t take any more

Kings of Burgundy

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

A fascinating article by John Stimpfig in the Saturday FT’s “how to spend it” magazine on the trials and tribulations of collecting fine Burgundy included Goedhuis & Co in a shortlist of Kings of Burgundy.