Came to visit Chablis last year in June after probably the worst Spring anyone had seen in a long time, cold, wet, so it was to be expected to be busy but nonetheless the experience was amazing but let's start from the beginning. We drove up from Chablis and my thought on the drive was: "Wow this is tucked away!" but I digress. We come up to the winery and the gates are open so we drive in park and start looking for the office or a tasting room or someone to talk to as we had an appointment but noone was there just a phone number to call in case of you needed help. So we dialed it spoke to a gentlemen (whom actually did the tasting for us and turned out to be the owner Guillaume Vrignaud) who came a couple of minutes later to give us a tour and tasting. From what we saw in the weather during that summer I can't really blame him for being even busier in the vineyards then he already was given the amount of rain that was falling and temperature variations from +10C to +26C from day to day. But I still digress. He ushered us into the storage area where the wine is stored before shipping and then to the tasting room which was set directly to the side with a long table and refrigerator with wines. And that's where the heaven began. :) We had a real pleasure with tasting the full range of wines from Petit Chablis, Chablis, and the Premier Crus including Le Vaucoupin Fourchaume. (No Grand Crus unfortunately since the US Distributor got it all). And wines were heavenly absolutely heavenly. And I am currently searching for places that actually carries them because our supply that we bought that day is running sort of low... read more

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I've tried a lot of wine in recent years but I know jack about Chablis. Now growing up you didn't hear much about this wine where I'm from and some would call it Chab-bliss (imagine this in a redneck sort of way). Well the folks at Benu introduced us to this great vintner via the 2009 Fourchaume. I prefer the Meursault style wines generally but up in the north of the Burgundy region they're doing some great things too. 4.3 stars. read more

Today, there was a wine festival along the main street of Chablis. We came by to partake and also visit the farmers market. I don't know much about wine, but this particular one was good to me. read more