New book - The Original Grand Crus of Burgundy

WINE TALK
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Any Burgophiles here buying it? From Charles Curtis, who many of you (like me) know. (He’s a friend/colleague so I wanted to pimp it a bit for him!)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Original-Grands-Crus-Burgundy/dp/0990684407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415048415&sr=8-1&keywords=original+grand+crus+burgundy+charles+curtis

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Looking forward to dive in. Not knowing French Ive wrestled mightily with some of the source material so this is going to be awesome.

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Looks awesome. I’m in. Thanks for bringing this up!
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Thanks for the heads up. Wish Amazon would show more pages on their “Look Inside” so one could get a better feel for the main headings content. Look forward to Beserker reviews.

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Will probably add it to the Christmas wish list, thanks for the reminder.

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cool
will buy

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Thanks Toddster I just ordered it :slight_smile:

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Great! Now we all can learn how to make Burgundy in English.

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I’m saving my money to buy Ray Walker’s next book!

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Todd - thanks for the shout out! I hope your subscribers enjoy the book, and I’ll check back to answer any questions they might have. They can also follow postings on my blog at Welcome to Wine Alpha - WineAlpha The premise is simple: there are vineyards that used to be considered equivalent to a grand cru (even if the term wasn’t used back then) that today are not grand cru, and thus sell for much less. Many of these are around $100/btl, where the top grands crus as we know are much more than $1000/btl. On the other hand, there are also grands crus today that were not always seen as such. The 18th and 19th century French can be a bit dense (even in translation), but the implications are interesting for those who really love Burgundy.

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Just ordered it!

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Bring your pen to Atlanta in March, so you can sign copies at Mark Taylor’s tastings [cheers.gif]

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Looking forward to diving in to this…

One question I have is who owns/produces from the original 4 hectare plot of Clos de la Roche, other than Ponsot. I have some guesses (Amiot, Dujac) but would be nice to know.

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Just got my copy today. Looks fascinating. My eyes don’t like the font selection though. Little letters swapping between sarif and sans sarif. I understand why that is, really, and I’ll live. Grumble, grumble. Next I’ll be shouting, “Get off my lawn!”

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Thanks…Todd.

My friends and I ( living in Canada ) will order it … [cheers.gif]

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I just browsed through what is available on Amazon. I’m a little confused about what this book is. I think I get the premise…as Charles states it. But…how is it “executed”…or is it basically comparisons of what various French authors had to say about various vineyards over the years? Is there some analysis…or basically a reporting of what they said?

I don’t like to buy books that I’m not convinced will be interesting to read, so I"m inquiring of anyone who’s read it…or has it and has looked through it.

thanks