(Click here to watch the full Bourgogne Leaders debate)
In any normal year the first weeks of January are dominated by the vast number of importer and distributor tastings showcasing and presenting the newly released vintage as part of Bourgogne’s en primeur campaign. This year, though, is very different. Any tastings taking place are being done at home, or in the privacy of company offices, with Covid-19 regulations continue to restrict the usual day to day workings of the wine trade.
It’s why The Buyer has teamed up with the Bourgogne Wine Board (the BIVB) to present a series of online debates featuring key figures in the UK wine supply chain along with leading Bourgogne producers in order to hear first hand what the opportunities, challenges and key trends that are going to be the most important for the region in the year ahead.
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The top 12 wine bargains of 2020 include an outstanding boxed malbec for the equivalent of $5 a bottle Dave McIntyre The most unusual wine I tasted this year was a bubbly from Slovenia called Untouched by Light. It was made by the Radgonske Gorice winery, which dates back to the Hapsburgs, with the premise that any exposure to light damages wine. The grapes were harvested at night and the wine produced, bottled and aged in an unlit cave by workers wearing night-vision goggles, then packaged in black bottles, wrapped in vacuum-sealed black bags and shipped off to lucky invitees around the world. The wine was officially unveiled during a nighttime gala at the winery, complete with an emcee, a world-renowned champagne expert to exclaim its virtues, and an apparently famous Slovenian singer crooning lengthy ballads from a balcony. And in keeping with the ethos of 2020, the whole shebang was hosted over Zoom.