Clive Coates MW

Clive Coates MW

Decanter Magazine, Wine Writer

Clive Coates is one of the world's leading wine writers. He published his first article in 1967. At first he concentrated on Bordeaux, becoming well known for his Chateau Profiles and Vintage Assessments. In 1984 he set up his own magazine, The Vine, and began to spend a lot more attention on Burgundy. Burgundy was going through a revolution, with a new generation of wine-makers who were vinifying more carefully, using temperature control for instance, cultivating their vineyards by increasingly biodynamic methods, and bottling and marketing their wines themselves. Clive was there from the beginning. With a group of professional wine friends he organised comprehensive vintage tastings; at three and en years on. He has written nine books on wine. Three on Bordeaux, three on Bordeaux and three on the Wines of France. He lives in the Mâconnais.

Burgundy wine stolen

French wine revolution

A generation ago the merchants reigned supreme but today's French wine growers domaine-bottle the wine and sell it direct. So how do you make sure you get quality Burgundy at a reasonable price, asks Clive Coates MW?

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