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Posted by Ashley Cummins | 22 May 2018

We had a white wine from Viserny last week. Viserny is just down the road from where we live. And you would never guess but it’s the most important wine village in the area. (more…)

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Posted by Ashley Cummins | 16 May 2018

The 153rd Wine Auction at the Hospices de Beaune It’s always a wild ride. But 2013 was a white-knuckle experience. And Elden was there. (more…)

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Movie banner of Back to Burgundy
Posted by Ashley Cummins | 30 April 2018

Burgundy, a land of tradition, history, family and most recently, the center of attention for French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch and his gorgeous film, Back to Burgundy. (more…)

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View of a vineyard
Posted by Ashley Cummins | 27 March 2018

This may be my weirdest tasting ever. An overall lousy morning: my wine pick-ups were all screwed up in one way or another, so the warehouse rejected my Customs paperwork, so I had to spend lunchtime scrunched over the steering wheel duplicating in duplicate. (more…)

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Posted by Ashley Cummins | 27 February 2018

If that first taste of the 2016 Burgundy vintage really grabs your attention, count yourself lucky. Lucky in the same way that winemakers in Burgundy consider themselves lucky. The excellent 2016 vintage was a nightmare for them, running a gamut of emotions from depression to despair, then out the other side toward hope and something...

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Posted by Dennis Sherman | 17 February 2018

Winter at Cromey means preparations for the Springtime Elden Wine Shipment   And this year we’ll have several new Producers and quite a few new wines. Which means, of course, that there will be some new wines in the Cromey cellars as well ELDEN SELECTIONS  AND THE  DOMAINE DE CROMEY HAND-IN-HAND BRINGING YOU THE BEST...

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Posted by Dennis Sherman | 13 January 2018

The Wine Auction at the Hospices de Beaune THE OLDEST CHARITY AUCTION IN THE WORLD A MAINSTAY OF BURGUNDIAN CULTURE AND NOW A TRADITION AT ELDEN SELECTIONS  AND THE  DOMAINE DE CROMEY OUR 2017 PURCHASES VOLNAY-SANTENOTS 1er CRU CUVEE GAUVIN VOLNAY-SANTENOT 1er CRU CUVEE JOHAN DE MASSOL CORTON GRAND CRU CUVEE DOCTEUR PESTE   IN...

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Posted by Dennis Sherman | 30 December 2017

PARTY TIME AT CROMEY MAY WE ALL BE SO LUCKY Domaine de Cromey  The Heart of it All.  ALL THE BEST FROM BURGUNDY COME SEE US IN 2018 GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS SHOP NOW

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