Beaune Idol seeks to illuminate, educate, and entertain on matters relating to the world of wine. (Non-Burgundian wines welcome)

About Beaune Idol

Beaune Idol - my website for sharing all things vinous

Welcome to my blog, a place where I can share my passion for wine, through tastings, dinners, events and travel. I will also publish some more serious long-form articles on topics as diverse as grape varieties and emerging regions, as well as more sobering thoughts on climate change, sustainability and the wine trade. I invite you to explore my content and learn about what makes me tick. Please feel free to engage in the conversation — I’m happy to hear from you as well.

I have a BA (Hons) in International Wine Business, the WSET Advanced certificate and am currently working towards my WSET Diploma and the Wine Scholar Guild's Bourgogne Masters Program.

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dinahlongden

Sep 34 min read

The Wine Moment I’ll Never Forget

Finding an unforgettable wine was not something I set out to do when I first started experimenting with alcohol. My northern upbringing,...

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dinahlongden

Aug 232 min read

A Dynamic Wine Pairing

Recently I found myself entering a gravad lax-making contest. Nothing out of the ordinary about that. While I was quietly confident with...

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dinahlongden

Apr 192 min read

Va-Va-Vouvray

This week’s press and trade tasting of Vouvray wines was held at the WSET school on Bermondsey Street. A much smaller affair than in...

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dinahlongden

Apr 153 min read

Where's the Money?

Where’s the Money? My wine journey has been long, and mostly fun. Starting out as a passing interest, it became a passion – sometimes an...

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dinahlongden

Apr 73 min read

Declassified Burgundy

As wine bars go, The Wine Library is a good one. A 19th century cellar in Tower Hill, it pays no attention to trends, in either décor or...

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dinahlongden

Mar 282 min read

The Rhone and her Wines

This week’s press and trade tasting of wines of the Rhône, coming as it did so soon after Anna Spooner’s exploration of the region’s...

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dinahlongden

Mar 72 min read

My Cup of Tea

There can be no doubt, wine drinking for many is a highly enjoyable pastime. But choosing a bottle from an extensive restaurant wine...

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dinahlongden

Feb 293 min read

Fermenting Furmint

I first wrote about Hungary’s national grape variety – Furmint – in 2020, which makes me feel like an early adopter of the grape. While I...

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dinahlongden

Feb 142 min read

Tackling Tastings

The Louis Latour Agencies tasting, which was held last week at Haberdashers’ Hall, didn’t disappoint, with its 2022 releases, Champagnes,...

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dinahlongden

Feb 11 min read

The Mighty Rhone

A recent tasting at 67 Pall Mall, hosted by Anna Spooner (formerly of the Wine Society, but now on the Masters of Wine programme),...

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dinahlongden

Jan 234 min read

What Makes a Wine Good?

Throwaway comments about a wine being ‘good’ are made all the time, by experienced and inexperienced wine drinkers alike. But would it be...

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dinahlongden

Jan 162 min read

Burgundy Week

Last week, London played host to a number of tastings of wines from Burgundy, with growers and distributors converging on the capital to...

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dinahlongden

Jan 72 min read

Degrees of Commitment

It would seem a curiously protestant thing to do, when everything is grey and the days still short, to pile on more misery, but...

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Playing it Safe, but with a Thirst for Something New

dinahlongden

Dec 31, 20232 min read

Playing it Safe, but with a Thirst for Something New

A Christmas spent in Ireland inevitably meant there would be some changes to the usual celebrations. Crucially, there would be no falling...

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dinahlongden

Dec 20, 20231 min read

67 Pall Mall Festive Fun

67 Pall Mall played host yesterday evening to the Circle of Wine Writers’ Festive Party, an event sponsored by The Old Vine Conference,...

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A Tale of Two Cities (and their annual wine celebrations)

dinahlongden

Nov 30, 20232 min read

A Tale of Two Cities (and their annual wine celebrations)

The third week in November each year sees two famous wine festivals taking place in France: the Fete du Beaujolais Nouveau (the third...

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dinahlongden

Nov 13, 20231 min read

Paris has vineyards, too ...

On my way to Burgundy later this week, I shall be passing through Paris on what marks another special day in the wine calendar: La Fête...

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One Week to go until the Hospices de Beaune Auction

dinahlongden

Nov 11, 20231 min read

One Week to go until the Hospices de Beaune Auction

Next Sunday, 19 November, sees the 163rd Hospices de Beaune wine auction. I shall be there to watch the scene unfold, enjoying all the...

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