A Forever Home for Le Grappin

Australian Burgundy négociant Andrew Nielsen offers a preview of Le Grappin's new cellar site in Meloisey - and a tasting of 2021s.

Andrew Nielsen and some 300-year-old beams.

Before meeting Andrew and Emma Nielsen at the La Beaujoloise tasting, back in 2017 or 2018, I recall being slightly put off by the English text on some of their wines’ back labels. In conversation I quickly realized the couple’s forthright, New World-y sales approach belies a genuine, detail-driven mania for th…