October 5, 2017 – The French Paradox

White Burgundy Tasting: October 7, 2017

Posted on October 5, 2017October 7, 2017 by Alison Hill

Goisot Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre ‘Corps de Garde’ 2014 Regular Price $28.99 Sale Price $22.99 Just outside of Chablis there are two AOC’s: Saint-Bris, for Sauvignon and Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre (Burgundy from the hills of Auxerre) for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The soils here are extremely rocky and rich in the same types of limestone found[…]

Thierry Tissot Mondeuse 2013 ‘Mataret’ Bugey

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Alison Hill

Young Thierry Tissot returned home to the family estate in 2001, determined to make high quality wines. He reclaimed a long abandoned hill side vineyard above town called Mataret and replanted it with the native grapes Mondeuse and Altesse. Fifteens years of dedication and backbreaking work has been rewarded. This wine, from his original[…]