Longstanding visitors know that I publish hundreds of tasting notes on en primeur burgundies on this site early each New Year. They're based on a mad flurry of tastings here in London but, as some of you have pointed out, many of the most revered producers and wines are not shown in these scrums so I am just off to Burgundy to fill in some of the most obvious gaps beforehand. (DRC, Leroy, Rousseau, Leflaive – it'll be tough.) Am I obedient or what?
This means that I shall not be monitoring the site in general and the members' forum in particular quite as closely as usual this week. Julia, just back from a fact-finding mission to Uruguay, will be in place however so you will not be neglected should you still feel the need to visit during this pre-Christmas traumatic stress period.
Talking of stress, I'm just summoning up the courage to try to record my first ever podcast using my own, just delivered, equipment. Wish me luck.
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