THE 109th EDITION: FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022 The 109th edition of the Tastevinage, organized by the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, will take place on Friday, March 25th at the Château du Clos de Vougeot and will close the week of the Grands Jours de Bourgogne. Daniel Picouly, French writer, will be the sponsor …
THE MAJORS OF TASTEVINAGE In its quest for excellence, the TASTEVINAGE distinguishes the wines of the Jury’s Favorites with the title of MAJOR. The concept of the MAJORS was created to highlight the excellence of a wine that fully represents its appellation and vintage and stands out for its indisputable quality. Rigorously selected from more …
The MAJORS 2021 of the Tastevinage will be revealed on Thursday, November 18th, 2021 at the Château du Clos de Vougeot. Selected from more than 1120 wines tasted in 2021 during the 107th and 108th editions, only twelve Tastevinés wines have been chosen to bear the title of MAJOR 2021 of the Tastevinage. The twelve …
On Friday, March 19th, the 107th edition of TASTEVINAGE took place at the Château du Clos de Vougeot with the presentation of 680 Burgundy wines. A total of 201 wines were selected by the jury-tasters present, the equivalent of 29,56% of the wines presented. 107 red wines, 70 white wines and 24 …
THE 107th EDITION OF THE TASTEVINAGE WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY MARCH 19th AT THE CHATEAU DU CLOS DE VOUGEOT The 107th Tastevinage to be organized by the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin will take place on Friday March 19th at the Château du Clos de Vougeot, where a jury of wine professionals will decide …
TRACVIN, THE NEW TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE CHECK TOOL This 2020 edition provided an opportunity for the Tastevinage to present its latest tool for verifying authenticity: the Tracvin, whose purpose is to check the authenticity of products on sale displaying the Tastevinage seal. In concrete terms, samples of wine are taken at random and …
The 2020 Majors Awards Ceremony was held last Thursday November 12th, from 5.00 to 6.30pm in French (followed by a version in English from 6.30 to 7.30pm) in an original digital format in line with the measures recently introduced because of Covid-19. Members of the Conférie and the producers whose wines were chosen joined in …
CONGRATULATIONS TO 141 TASTEVINAGE LAUREATES ! On Friday, October 16, the 106th edition of TASTEVINAGE took place at the Château du Clos de Vougeot with the presentation of 488 Burgundy wines. A total of 141 wines were selected by the jury-tasters present, the equivalent of 28.89% of the wines presented. 72 red wines, …
In response to the national Covid-19 epidemic, the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, organizers of the Tastevinage, postponed the Spring edition scheduled for the beginning of March. The Spring Tastevinage will now take place this coming Friday May 29th at the Château with a reduced panel of judges and modified organization and reception conditions …
Conceived with the aim of rewarding and promoting the unique savoir faire of Burgundy’s wine producers, the Tastevinage is a guide for all those, newcomers as much as seasoned connoisseurs, who like to enjoy and share the pleasures of Burgundy wine. The TASTEVINAGE MAJOR is another step in the Confrérie’s on-going pursuit of that …
The 103rd edition of the TASTEVINAGE was held on Friday the 22nd of March 2019 at the Château du Clos de Vougeot. During the course of this spring wine-tasting, chaired by Eric GOETTELMANN (Chief Executive Sommelier of the Bernard Loiseau Group and recent recipient of the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France), 689 wines of …
On Friday the 28th of March 2018, the 102 TASTEVINAGE was held at the Château du Clos de Vougeot. 252 expert wine-tasters gathered in the Great Cistercian Cellar to select those wines most representative of their appellations and vintages. During the course of this spring wine-tasting, chaired by Christine AVELIN, Chief …