Clive Coates discontinued publication of The Vine several months ago for health reasons. For me this left somewhat of a vacuum in detailed reviews of both young and mature Burgundy. I just received a letter, with a recommendation by Clive Coates included, that describes The Burgundy Briefing newsletter that is just being started by Sarah Marsh M. W. The details are at her site at
I wonder if any of you have an opinion on the likely quality of this newsletter. With 6 issues a year on the web only at about 50 UK Pounds, it is not exactly inexpensive. Subscriptions can be paid using credit cards or PayPal. However they will automatically renew your subscription and charge your card each year unless you cancel your subscription. This usually causes me to pass up anything sold on such terms,
Reply to snipped-for-privacy@cwdjr.net .