Burgundy Wine Day
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Beaune
Beaune is the logical place to stay during a longer wine pilgrimage to the Cote d’Or and is actually the most visited city in Burgundy. It contains the headquarters of many well-respected Burgundy wine dealers in addition to grand historic sites and gourmet restaurants.
Hotel-Dieu is the treasure of Beaune, a ‘medieval jewel’, with its superb multi-colored Burgundian roof tiles. It was originally a hospice founded by the chancellor, Nicolas Rolin, and his wife in 1443 to help the inhabitants of Beaune who were suffering the effects of poverty and famine after the Hundred Years’ War. It now also houses the Museum of Wine of Burgundy.
Cotes de Beaune Wine Primer
White Wine: Very few of the wines from this area are white, but they are some of the finest examples of dry white wine produced in the world and are considered a benchmark for winemakers everywhere. Here the primary difference is the location of the vineyards, i.e. the soil and the slope of the land, making the difference between a Village wine and a Grand Cru wine. Below is a list of the most important villages and vineyards in the Cote de Beaune that produce white wines: |
| Village | Premier Cru | Grand Cru |
Aloxe-Corton
Beaune Meursult
Puligny-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet |
Clos des Mouches Les Perrieres Les Combettes Les Ruchottes |
Corton-Charlemagne
Montrachet* Montrachet* |
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* Corton-Charlemagne – there is a sweet story associated with this white wine. Emperor Charlelmagne’s wife demanded that the Emperor start producing the white wine for the red Corton kept staining his imperial bead and clothing! * The vineyards of Batard-Montrachet and Montrachet overlap between the villages of Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. * Montrachet is a small vineyard with 15 owners that produces perhaps the best dry white wine in the world. |
Wine Tours in Beaune
Allow yourself to learn the complexity of a region through taste, texture and smell: take it all in and awaken your senses
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Beaune Wine Tours
If you are staying in Beaune we offer a number of different wine tour options from 2-8 hours with hotel pick up and drop off. .
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2hr options
Overview of Beaune- Corton, Corton-Charlemagne & Chateaux discovering the vineyards and their panoramas. Tasting in a cellar of wine grower with the visit of the winery.
Cote de Beaune and the hautes Cotes de Beaune wine trails and typical villages. Pommard (red wine) Meursault (white wine). Meursault (white wine . Wine-tasting in the cellar of a wine-grower with the visit to his winery.
Cote de Beaune and the hautes Cotes de Beaune wine trails and typical villages. Pommard (red wine) Meursault (white wine). Meursault (white wine . Wine-tasting in the cellar of a wine-grower with the visit to his winery.
Half Day Tour Options
Côte de Beaune et Hautes côtes de Beaune (Aloxe Corton, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet).
Côte de Nuits et Grands crus (Romanée Conti, Clos de Vougeot, Chambertin).
Full Day Tour Options
Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits, Hautes Côtes +3 tastings
Mâconnais (Pouilly Fuissé), Beaujolais, + 2 tastings
Vezelay, Fontenay, Chablis + one tasting.
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