New online newsletter on Burgundy

The Gospel according to Clive is not dead! While Clive Coates MW has moved to southern Burgundy and stopped publishing his newsletter The Vine as reported in dec 04, he has handed on his mailing list and blessing to his protégée Sarah Marsh, now a Master of Wine thanks to her excellent dissertation on the clones of Pinot Noir.

This is how Clive explains this transubstantiation: “When the news spread in Burgundy that I was ending The Vine after 20 years, I was approached by growers who urged me to find a way to perpetuate my work. Sarah seemed...