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Lalou leaves her mark

Lalou Bize Leroy, the charismatic and capricious progenitor of Domaine Leroy in Vosne Romanée was in London last week to show four of her wines as part of a very interesting tasting organized to showcase some of France’s biodynamic producers on which I shall report.

Along with Domaine Leflaive, she was by far the most glamorous exhibitor. But by the time I got there, she had left and the only remnant of her presence were three empty bottles of each wine. I felt deeply embarrassed but was determined to taste them if I possibly could, so found myself for the...