Since Burgundy is so small, how will we all fit in?

£75 per person. To book a ticket please email us.

Pinot Noir, mostly but not just from France and California.

We want to look at how Pinot is doing from our producers around the world. Wassup with Pinot these days? Does it all taste like Burgundy, or more like jam?

We'll judge, we'll discriminate, we'll make a league table and some of you may even award points. It's going to be bloody, and with only a piece of runny Brie between you and insanity. 

Ask Colin for details. But not until mid-April May at the earliest, when either gestation will be far enough advanced that he'll know what's happening, or he'll have forgotten all about it.

Or bullied into doing something about it. I'm minded to start with the old ones, so the below approximates to the order on the evening. Coming?

List of Pinot Noirs

Welcome: Champagne Fleury Pere et Fils, Courteron

1998 Domaine Confuron-Coteditot Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Suchots

1997 Bannockburn Estate Pinot Noir, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

2002 Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanee

1996 Martinborough Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve, New Zealand

2001 J-M Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cherbaudes

2011 Felton Road Cornish Point Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand

2011 Domaine Taupenot-Merme Morey-St-Denis 1er Cru La Riotte

2012 Knez Winery Cerise Vineyard, Anderson Valley Pinot Noir, California

2013 Colene Clemens Vineyards, Willamette Valley, Oregon

2012 Grace Bridge Pinot Noir, Scotto Cellars, Lodi, California

2013 Failla Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, California

2013 Meerlust Estate Pinot Noir, Stellenbosch, RSA