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REDUX 2013 / Finding Our Way to Satisfy Mind, Soul, and Palate

Evan Dawson
Features
7 min read
Palate Press has selected our favorite stories from 2013 and will publish Redux articles over the holidays featuring Palate Press Columnists. The editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look forward to bringing you the best stories for your palate in 2014. ••• You are going to die before you have a

Small But Beautiful: 2012 Harvest in Burgundy

Caroline Henry
Features
9 min read
General Overview As everywhere in France, 2012 was not the easiest growing season in Burgundy with the weather causing general havoc. Burgundy suffered a few spring frosts just before flower set resulting in irregular flowering, hailstorms in late spring and early summer and atrocious wet weather for the most of

2009 Domaine Debray Bourgogne Hautes Côtes-de-Beaune

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A true low-alcohol Bourgogne for half the price of a tooth-staining California pinot, this shows true balance and minerality. Strawberries, some raspberries, and damp black earth shoveled over hot coals show on the nose. On the palate the fruit is more muted, hinting at a resting phase calling for a

Heading to New Places: How the Market for Burgundy is Evolving

Prateek Arora
Features
8 min read
Burgundy may be “fiendishly complex, frustratingly inconsistent and maddeningly difficult,” as Allen Meadows of Burghound puts it, but that doesn’t stop it from gaining new fans who are eager to deal with those “difficulties.” It is indeed a lifelong pursuit for an enthusiast to fully comprehend what this mystic wine

HOT LOT 1964 Thomas Bassot Griotes-Chambertin Grand Cru

Palate Press
Features
1 min read
HOT on January 1 WHO: Thomas Bassot WHAT: Pinot Noir WHERE: France, Burgundy, Cotes de Nuits, Griotes-Chambertin WHEN: 1964 SIZE: 750 ml RESERVE: $250 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $25 Decanter rates 1964 in Burgundy as a "good old-fashioned year of wines with notable concentration." Wine Spectator described 1964 as "a vintage