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Beaujolais…not so “nouveau”, but still worth celebrating!
Did you survive the 2014 edition of the Beaujolais Nouveau Day? If you were by some chance camping in the Sahara or some other remote destination where “broadband” doesn’t exist, that famous day was on November 20th. If you like to party and don’t consider yourself a wine snob, then this cherry-red beverage is just…
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The best way to experience the famous Hospices de Beaune wine auction
It is not often that you get an invitation to attend a full-day celebration of what is known as the oldest and most prestigious wine auction in the world. It’s the third Sunday in November and on a mild but wet November day, I head from my home in Dijon to the city of Beaune…
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Roland Masse – the last vintage of a living legend
Roland Masse is only 61, but the 154th edition of the famous Hospices de Beaune wine auction this Sunday 16th November will be his last as the chief winemaker. After supervising the making of the illustrious Hospices wine for the last15 years as the “régisseur général”, Roland will retire and as he says “make more…
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