The Fine Wine Experience Burghound Symposium is back in 2025! We have an exciting programme of masterclasses, dinners, and our paulée-style gala dinner ready for you. It’s all about deepening our pleasure in and our appreciation for Burgundy, with plenty of fun along the way.
You’ll find all the details below, and tickets are on sale now!
We are flying in leading Burgundy critic and writer Allen Meadows (and 'Mrs. Burghound' too!), as well as a range of great Burgundy producers, in person. There is much to learn about the complex yet rewarding fine wine region of Burgundy. Allen’s expertise, his complete fluency in the subject, and his ability to teach, to lead, and to moderate discussion offer much to both the novice and the experienced aficionado.
And, at the producer-led events, meet the producers, and learn from their first hand experience and their wines. This year we are delighted to welcome Antoine Amiot from Domaine Amiot-Servelle, Bertrand Dugat from Domaine Claude Dugat, Christian Clerget from Domaine Christian Clerget & Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne.
The Fine Wine Experience Burghound Symposium has been running annually since 2015 (with an intermission for the pandemic), and this year we begin with a solid, wide-ranging programme in Hong Kong. We are delighted to finish by returning to Bangkok, where we had such a great time last year. In between – something new for us – Tokyo! We look forward to seeing you at any or all three cities this year.
Tickets are of course limited at all events, and at certain dinners, very limited. We recommend you book as early as possible to avoid disappointment - events@finewineexperience.com or call +852 2803 0753.
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2025-03-12 19:00:00
2025-03-12 23:59:59
Asia/Hong_Kong
1er Cru Vineyards with Grand Cru Potential Wine Dinner
Tokyo American Club, (2-1-2 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
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with special guests: Allen & Erica Meadows
Are there 1er crus that could be upgraded to grand cru? It’s a question Burgundy enthusiasts enjoy exploring, and today we shall do so, led by Allen Meadows, glasses in front of us. At first glance, the hierarchy of Burgundy vineyards seems static – sacrosanct even. It’s true that it doesn’t change much – most of the hierarchy was translated into AOC law in the mid-1930s and remains unchanged. But there have been upgrades from 1er Cru to Grand Cru over the years – Clos des Lambrays in 1981 and La Grande Rue in 1992, spring to mind. And then there were villages that – for a range of reasons – got no grand crus at all back in the ‘30s – Meursault, Volnay, Pommard, and Nuits-St-Georges. Certainly our selection of contenders (some already in process for upgrade) rank amongst the finest vineyards in Burgundy, so they are anyway worth our attention. But would you upgrade some, all, any, to grand cru status? Would Allen? Come find out.
WINES TO BE SERVED
2020 Domaine François Raveneau - Chablis 1er Cru ‘Montée de Tonnerre’
2020 Domaine Armand Heitz - Meursault 1er Cru ‘Les Perrières’
2020 Domaine du Cellier aux Moines - Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru ‘Les Pucelles’
2017 Domaine Marquis d’Angerville - Volnay 1er Cru ‘Les Caillerets’
2017 Domaine Yvon Clerget - Pommard 1er Cru ‘Rugiens’
2017 Domaine Fourrier - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Clos St.-Jacques’
2017 Domaine de Montille - Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru ‘Aux Malconsorts’ ‘Christiane’
2017 Domaine Amiot-Servelle - Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru ‘Les Amoureuses’
2017 Domaine Henri Gouges - Nuits St.-Georges 1er Cru ‘Les St.-Georges’
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2025 event programme 
