Jancis presented a very special tasting of premier and grand cru burgundies at Bonhams, New York, last week in aid of the Gérard Basset Foundation. Above, the somms (left to right) Dulely ‘Jayla’ Perez, Kimber Warren, Jai Jai Greenfield, Jancis, Pascaline Lepeltier, Theresa Broderick, David Bruno and Eduardo Bolaños together with Stéphane Sésé of Boërl & Kroff champagne.
The late Gérard Basset OBE MW MS MBA is famous and much loved in Europe, Japan and, presumably, South America, where he became World’s Best Sommelier in 2010. But he is not that well known in the US. In an attempt...