2009: Ten Years On

...year, we had Comté that was provided by Guillaume Overnoy (Pierre’s great-nephew) with whom we have just begun working. Clive would

Decanter Hall of Fame Lunch

Photographs by Michel Joly...

Fixin and the Vineyards of Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet

...to it. So are we. Etymology: According to Marie-Hélène Landrieu-Lussigny, Combe Roy is a deformation of Comberat, an ancient derivative of

Nailing the Myth of Minerality

...used as a textural descriptor for a hard, stony sensation on the palate,” she explains. Quigley notes that “mineral-driven” aromatics and

Volnay 1^er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs Monopole

Michel Lafarge

...was the most dignified person we knew. He had the metal of a founding father, of a sage, of someone who

Glossary

Alluvial Alluvium Amorphous biotite Calcareous Cobble Colluvium Comblanchian Limestone Comblanchien Commodity Conglomerate court-noué Crinoidal limestone cuvaison down-dropped fault feldspar Gevrey Silex

Pedres Blanques Rouge

Beaune 1^er Cru Grèves

Vertical of Deiss’ Altenberg de Bergheim

...hot and cold contributes greatly to Altenberg’s complexity and paradoxical nature. Altenberg combines the honey and apricots of botrytis with the

Welcome to Loire Volcanique

...completing the certification process. Loire Volcanique is named because of location: The four AOPs, with a total of 1,350 ha planted

Welcome to Loire Volcanique

...completing the certification process. Loire Volcanique is named because of location: The four AOPs, with a total of 1,350 ha planted

Welcome to Loire Volcanique

...completing the certification process. Loire Volcanique is named because of location: The four AOPs, with a total of 1,350 ha planted