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Domaine de la Romanée Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Give Away

Flashback: May 2020 When the WINE DECODED Community Went Nuts!
Film 1: Tasting 1989 Domaine de la Romanée Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant
Film 2: A vintage at DRC with a winemaker’s observations.

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 13 – The Village of Rully

Rully along with Mercurey and Givry is one of the crowning jewels of the Côte Chalonnaise.
There’s excellent whites and reds coming from the village and it’s 23 Premier Crus!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 11 – The Village of Pernand-Vergelesses

Discover what makes the village and wines of Pernand-Vergelesses unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.3 – The Village of Chambolle-Musigny

Discover what makes the village and wines of Chambolle-Musigny unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.2 – The Village of Morey-Saint-Denis

Discover what makes the village and wines of Morey-Saint-Denis unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.1 – The Village of Gevrey-Chambertin

Discover what makes the village and wines of Gevrey-Chambertin unique!

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Varietal Decoded – Pinot Noir!

Pinot Noir’s mythical home, Burgundy, has produced some of the world’s most inspiring wines.
The exhilarating personality of Pinot Noir has seen the wine world take up the fickle challenge to grow the ‘heartbreak grape’!

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Getting Your Head Around the Yarra Valley

A short long history. From the Pioneers in the 1800’s to those who rejuvenated the Yarra Valley in the 1960’s and the new wave from the 1990’s to today, the Yarra Valley is making the best wines it has ever made.

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 8 – The Villages of Vosne-Romanée & Clos-Vougeot

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Nuits Villages: Vosne-Romanée & Clos-Vougeot

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9 – The Village of Chambolle, Morey, Gevrey

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Nuits Villages: Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 4 – The White(ish) Villages of Chassagne-Montrachet, Pugliny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Beaune Villages: Chassagne-Montrachet, Pugliny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 2 – Tiny Old Vines & Heaps of them!

As you drive down the A6 from Paris, turn off at the N74 you start to see grape vines. Initially, you think you’ve gone a little cross-eyed from the long flight. Then you realise your eyes aren’t lying the vines are minute and packed close together!

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Winemaker Sessions

Winemaking Excellence – Fruit Sorting & Destemming at Yabby Lake with Tom Carson

Making exceptional wine takes thought and patience. Every step of the winemaking process presents you with a choice. In the winery, it begins when the fruit arrives.
Watch as Pinot Noir from Yabby Lake’s Block 2 is sorted by hand & some seriously impressive cutting edge machinery!

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Vintage 1999 Domaine Bernard Moreau in Chassagne-Montrachet, Burgundy, France

Every winter Australian winemakers head to the Northern Hemisphere in their droves

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