Maison Harbour Wines for Sale

Wine makers Colleen and Nick Harbour are so happy to announce their first bottles of wine!

Their wine is a 2013 vintage from Burgundy, meaning the grapes were picked in 2013 and come from parcels of land near the small town that they live in called Savigny-lès-Beaune. Maison Harbour’s wine production is small and will be just over 300 cases. It includes 2 Chardonnays and 4 Pinot Noirs.

Here is a list of the wines including maps that show where they come from:

Chardonnay – white wine aged in french oak barrels

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru ‘En Cailleret’ (2 barrels / 600 bottles)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru ‘En Remilly’ (3.5 barrels / 1050 bottles)

Pinot Noir – red wine aged in french oak barrels

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Combe au Moine’ (1.5 barrels / 450 bottles)

Gevrey-Chambertin ‘La Justice’ (4 barrels / 1200 bottles)

Pommard 1er Cru ‘Les Chanlins-Bas’ (2 barrels / 600 bottles)

Vosne-Romanée ‘Champs-Perdrix’ (1 barrel / 300 bottles)

Maison Harbour is currently doing a pre-sale in July 2014. Then wines will be bottled in December 2014 or winter 2015. Finally the wines will be shipped in the spring of 2015!

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A Romantic Weekend in Burgundy with Winemakers Colleen and Nick Harbour

Our weekend in Burgundy with winemakers Colleen and Nick was amazing. The spring weather was unseasonably warm. All the wine makers were worried about the grapes! Warm weather too soon in the season means that if it gets cold again the grapes could suffer. In the spring the vines awaken from their dormant period over the winter. As the spring sunshine increases, the buds begin to burst. The biggest weather related danger at this time is frost. If it gets cold again the frost can burn the leaves, or more severely the buds too. This can mean that the entire stem and that season’s crop is lost.

(picture of the vines)

Colleen and Nick are my friends who moved to Burgundy to start their own winery called Maison Harbour.

(Colleen & Nick)

The first day in Burgundy Colleen and Nick organized a picnic in the vineyards with some friends at Domaine de Blagny.

The Blagny winery is located in the Côte de Beaune area. They make premier cru wines that come from Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault villages.

(picnic food)

The picnic was delicious, we ate some amazing pork that was from a local farm.

We sampled some local pinot noir that has a special story. The wine is over 20 years old. Nick’s friend was given this wine by his father-in-law to use as a cooking wine. While he was cooking with the wine he took a sip and realized it had aged spectacularly!

(the bbq at the picnic)

The next day we went to the local farmers market. We bought some fresh duck to prepare for dinner…

(Colleen and I at the market)

Before dinner we went downstairs into Colleen and Nick’s wine cellar for an aperitif.  Here we drank some cremant (sparkling wine) made by Colleen and Nick’s neighbour.

(all of us in Colleen & Nick’s wine cellar)

(Colleen & Nick’s wine cellar)

(Colleen’s coq au vin…so yummy)

The next day we went next door to their neighbours house, where they actually make the cremant. We tried 6 different cremants during the tasting. We tried an unusual red cremant made with pinot noir as well as their special cremant made with gold flakes inside!

(picture of me at the cremant tasting)

On our last day in burgundy, Colleen and Nick took us on a bicycle tour on the Route des Grand Crus.

(Nick and I on the bicycle tour)

We had an amazing time and we can’t wait to go back and visit soon!

 

An Introduction to Maison Harbour Winery

Maison Harbour winery is located in Burgundy, France. Winemakers Nick and Colleen Harbour started the winery in 2012. Their story is romantic and I will tell you all about it… but first I want to tell you how I met Colleen…

I met Colleen in University and we quickly became best friends. Colleen always had a passion for wine. We spent many nights sharing tasting notes…

 

(picture of Colleen and I)

After University Colleen moved home to Luxembourg and married her high school sweet heart Nick Harbour.  Nick and Colleen began their careers working in finance but in 2012 they decided to quit their jobs and follow their dream. So they moved to France to start their own winery and that is how Maison Harbour came to fruition!

Click here to read more about their story.

(picture of Colleen and Nick)

They now live in Savigny-lès-Beaune, a village in the heart of the Côte-d’Or.

To find out more about  Mwinery called Maison Harbour!

Their 2013 production will be just over 300 cases and include two Chardonnays and four Pinot Noirs. Click here to find out more about their wines.