1836 was the year the first considerable professional association was formed to promote the interests of the negoticiants and freedom of the trade in Burgundy. It was called the Association Commerciale Vinicole de l'Arrondissement de Beaune. We shared a few things in common, yet key among them was enjoyment of fine Burgundy wine. -.

Fabulous 11th edition of the Grands Jours for trade and media in Burgundy. The chablis vineyard covers 5,000 hectares which makes it the biggest Burgundy appellation. The majority of these Burgundy appellations is identified bu the name of the vineyard or the village of production (eg: Bourgogne Chitry, Bourgogne Vézelay.

Fabulous two days of tasting at Diva Beaune, a small event in conjunction with the Grands Jours de Bourgogne where small producers as well as major names and brands poured wine. Burgundy News diva beaunediscovered many talented small producers here. Didier et Jean Louis AMIOT. Domaine Robert AMPEAU et Fils. Domaine de l'ARLOT.

The 2010 vintage was harsh in Burgundy , yet ultimately turnedout to be a very classic vintage and one of the smallest crops in twenty years. Today journalists had the opportunity to taste the 2010 vintage of Joseph Drouhin at Benoit in Manhattan. Fans of Joseph Drouhin all have their favorites. News joseph drouhin 2010 vintage

And it continued ebbing and flowing, with allegations that Guffens was blending wine from the south into his Burgundies. –a judge in Beaune ruled in his favor in November. When the fraud squad raided Verget from Verget. His wife and members of the staff were even held in custody for two days. French wine wine politics

Seven friends and I pool our money every year to buy about 8 bottles of Burgundy wine, wine that we wouldn't buy individually because of the high cost and the risk of bad bottles. Pommard is not the most glorious of Burgundy appellations, not by a long shot. First, the good news: we had a great night and I love Burgundy Wine Club.

It’s no secret in Burgundy and beyond that Faiveley has been on a roll. And when the family company holds a jaw-dropping 300 acres of vineyards in Burgundy, including 25 acres of Grand Cru, and makes wine across 18 different appellations, the pressure ratchets up even further. He grew up in Nuits-St.-Georges

says Jeanne-Marie De Champs, owner of Domaines et Saveurs Collection in Burgundy. Every time I like a bottle of Burgundy, I turn the label around and see your name!" Burgundy Jeanne-Marie De Champs News burgundy domaines et saveurs collection jeanne-marie de champs"I like a good farmer!" I have told her.

When buyers are successful in bidding on a wine during the Hospieces de Beaune auction, the next step (after writing the check) is to find a winery to take the wine and "elevate" it which means putting it in barrel and gently guiding its progression into a fine wine. Jeanne-Marie's Hospice Wine being 'elevated' at Meo Camuzedt.

Wine lovers in New York are gearing up for the The 151st Wine Auction of the Hospices de Beaune will take place November 20, 2011 in Beaune. Burgundy Visits. Beaune 1er Cru, Cuvée Nicolas Rolin 2009. Beaune 1er Cru, Cuvée Nicolas Rolin 2005. All were absolutely fantastic! you can read more about below. ROUGE.

You can see to Dijon and almost to Beaune. BG ( flipping through notebook, looking for questions he meant to ask ): What about climate change - do you think it is an issue in Burgundy? Last December in Burgundy it was -10 degrees Celsius. That's like moving Burgundy 180 kilometers further south to Lyon, north of the Rhône.

I've noticed that when I ask a Burgundy lover to name their favorite producers, Fourrier is on everyone's short list. JMF: For my generation, we all had to go to wine school in Beaune in the 1980's. Suddenly, I realized the privilege of having a winery in Burgundy, and it took having some distance from Burgundy for that to happen.

The first rule of Burgundy Wine Club is: you do not talk about Burgundy Wine Club. The second rule of Burgundy Wine Club is: you do not talk about Burgundy Wine Club. What do you do if you want to experience some of the greatest wines of Burgundy, but you don't have the money to make it happen? Premoxed! Corked!

Burgundy Cote de Beaune Wine reviews domaine michel gros 07 domaine rollin 2008 hautes cotes de beaune bourgogne style notesokay, so maybe it's a bit unfair to compare a 2008 and 2007 Bourgogne from two different regions. was game. color: medium garnet, fresh/young looking. finish is med+. finish is med.

Now you know that Pinot Noir (PN) is also made in the Loire as well as Burgundy, and now even the Languedoc. immediately thought the Cote de Beaune for it seemed like a red wine produced in a region better known for white wines. Anderson Valley Cote de Beaune News auxey-duresses blind atasting. You can read the story here.

2005 Paul Pernot Beaune Clos du Dessus des Marconnets , $23, Fruit of the Vines Imports. Paul Pernot Rhône Valley Eric Texier Closel Beaujolais Marcel Lapierre Savennières BurgundyThe results have not been terribly impressive so far. Kind of like reading an old journal entry. Boy, did I love this wine a few years ago. Live and learn.

Cecile Mathiaud pouring wine at the December 8, 2010 Burgundy Training Seminar Imagine how lucky you would be to experience Burgundy right in the middle of Manhattan! Several lucky journalists were able to experience six wines from Burgundy, and two Cremant (sparkling wine) on December 8th 2010. More restrained in its vibrance.

Dinner at Clos Vougeot was the highlight for many at the festivities surrounding Hospices de Beaune, yet every aspect of it was educational and broadening. For me, the day began walking from Beaune to the Palais de Congres in the rain and attending the 11:30 special presentation of 2007 and 2008 Chablis Grand Cru and Cote de Nuits-Villages.

Extremely honored to be present at the Domaine Lamarche La Grande Rue verticle in Vosne Romanee just before the 2010 Hospices de Beaune auction on November 18. Tags: Burgundy News clive coates domaine lamarche hospices de beaune jeanne-marie de champs verticle tasting la grande rue clif coates. jeanne-marie at tasting.

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We also tried the red Clos de Vignes Franches Beaune , which Parker rated highly for its lively fruit and a Volnay 1er Cru with a light color, perfumed floral nose, and bright red fruit.??I “Welcome,&# says Jean-Baptiste, an energetic dark-haired man, ushering us inside his very modern tasting room of this newly built structure.

Jeanne-Marie De Champs is the owner of Domaines et Saveurs Collection and works with several Burgundian producers to bring their wines to the United States. Her taste and specifications for those producers in her collection is very high, so I look forward to meeting the four producers she has chosen for our visit. No Coats Needed in the Cellar.

It is November, very chilly, and in Beaune the region is gearing up for the Hospices de Beaune. They sky is grey and brooding, as always seems to be the case in Burgundy, yet is romantic and inspiring. In the 19th century, it was owned by Jules Belin, one of Burgundy's top negotiants. George. Surprise in the Vineyard.

SIPPED: Burgundy woos China. Chinese film star inaugurated the annual Hospice de Beaune auction, where the catalogues also had Mandarin on the cover. Burgundy officials announced a €400,000 to “conquer the Chinese market.&#. SIPPED: critiquing the critics. Be sure to check out the video for the PinotShiraCab! LA Weekly ].

Results are just in for the 150th Hospices de Beaune Auction, with 5,132,075 Million Euros raised for Charity and a record 400,000 Euro record price for "La Piece Des Presidents. Christie's organized the sale and also tastings of the wines of the Hospices Beaune all over the world. Sales to Europeans and Asians accounted for 9.7.5%

It is commonly said that 2004 is the worst recent vintage for red wine in Burgundy. As Bill Nanson of Burgundy Report first wrote about , ladybugs were all over the vineyards in 2004. Here are the wines we drank, in the order that we drank them with our dinner: Jean-Marc Morey Beaune 1er Cru Grèves. bought some 2004 wines.

On the train and off to Beaune. crashed a White Burgundy symposium and after a class act Russell Cooked dinner and a kick ass assortment of whites, including two Batards, (Gagnard 2001 Batard and a Leflaive) I slept peacefully, dare I say almost happily. Pick up the car at Ada, une bonne addresse for a rental car in the area. The air.

Today was the day to celebrate the Maconnais – one of the sunniest and most southern areas of Burgundy. That afternoon we went to domaine Anne Gros à Vosne-Romanée for an event honoring Burgundy’s female winemakers. We had navigation but very curious if we would find their house in a village outside Beaune.

Some red Burgundies are fruity and enticing when young, then shut down for many years, and then emerge with less fruit perhaps, but with new layers of depth and complexity. We had lots of good wine that night, but I remember being tickled by how excited Peter got as he smelled his glass of Lafarge's Côte de Beaune Villages.

People who are new to Burgundy are often amazed at the high price, especially when it comes to the red wines of the Cote de Nuits. The region seems very determined to make a name for itself – months earlier at the Hospices de Beaunes press lunch, wines from Marsannay were poured and a representative of the area got up to speak.

Sunshine so brilliant greeted our arrival in Chablis for this week long "fete" to showcase the treasures of Burgundy it was in direct contrast to the rain and chill of two years prior, where umbrellas and coats were necessary to protect against the winter chill. But where was my friend Panos?

I had some of the fellas over the other night to have dinner and drink red wine from Savigny-lès-Beaune. Why Savigny-lès-Beaune? That's real money, but it's pretty cheap as far as Burgundy goes. Still, I learned a lot from this, particularly about the differences in terroir within Savigny-lès-Beaune. Flawed? Who knows.

Becky got started when very few people here in the United States knew anything about wine from Burgundy, and when very little was available in retail shops. She is considered to be one of the architects of the Burgundy wine market and she is respected and admired by everyone I know. Tags: Becky Wasserman Burgundy Sorry.

Last Wednesday, Christie’s opened their their Board Room doors for a tasting of 17 wines from the Hospices de Beaune, preceding the official auction that Christie’s has officiated since 2005. For Burgundy aficionados [.].

Born in Bavaria, trained as an architecture in Toulouse, Ludwig Binderangel got the wine bug, attended the viticole in Beaune. Wanted land in Burgundy. Can you imagine tasting an oxidative wine for the first time after working with burgundy chardonnay and saying, what the hell, let's make that? Was attacked by sticker shock.

They were blind tasting 2004 white Burgundies, a great theme in and of itself. difficult year in most of Burgundy, particularly for red wines. 90 my score Wine 2) - Génot-Boulanger Savigny-lès-Beaune - 82.2 Tags: Tastings Paul Pernot Hubert Lignier Patrick Javellier Henri Prudhon Burgundy Louis Carillon scored it an 88.

recently drank a glorious bottle of 1995 Chandon de Briailles Corton-Clos du Roi , a bottle I purchased in December of 2008 while in Beaune. wasn't buying Grand Cru Burgundy on my pathetic teacher's salary. Tags: Luneau-Papin Domaine de la Louvetrie Muscadet Burgundy Chandon de Briailles Domaine de la Pépière Maybe not.

There are great Burgundy wines that cost $35, $50, and $100, but I don't believe that they are Bourgognes. What if you want to spend $25 or less, and drink red wine from Burgundy? You're drinking regional wine - Bourgogne or Hautes-Côtes de Beaune/Nuits. So what are the best regional Burgundy wines at about $25?

I recently had the distinct pleasure of participating in the Wine & Spirits Burgundy tasting panel. There were also some reds from the Côte de Beaune during that session, but really it was about 2007 Meursault. 2007 was a classic ( read - normal ) vintage in Burgundy, and the acid levels are high. like Pierre Morey's wines.

And by the way, put this up against a lot of white Burgundy from the same year and this will come out ahead, as there is not even a hint of oxidation. 1996 Michel Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Grèves - I had so much fun drinking this wine. I was lucky enough to be invited to Keith Levenberg 's BBQ again this year. Top notch wine.

It is almost cliché to say that Burgundy is a crap shoot, every bottle a roll of the dice. If you're into Burgundy, you know I'm not kidding or exaggerating. do exactly the same thing when buying Burgundy wine in the $20-40 zone, the range that I tend to live in. But that's because it's true. Yes, laugh with me at that price.

This is a blend of mostly Chardonnay and some Aligoté made in Savigny-lès-Beaune by a producer that makes only Crémant, highly unusual for a Burgundy producer. And with about a half hour open, I realized that it actually tastes like still Chardonnay from Savigny-lès-Beaune, which is a good thing - it tastes good. Is that tacky?

90 point Beaune wine that costs $37 is the same qualitatively as a 90 point Beaune that retails for $85. 90 points in Beaune is 90 points. One question is this: is a 93 point Chambolle-Musigny better than a 93 point Savigny-les Beaune? Burghound's highest ever score for a Savigny-les Beaune is a 93.

David says that things happened very quickly - the old Domaine Duchet in Beaune was up for sale, he mentioned this to investors he knew via Camille Giroud, they looked at the plots together and made an offer the following day. He told Mary that I would be in Burgundy and boom - we had an invite to Domaine des Croix for dinner.

He started his career in wine retail, later worked as a sommelier with a soft spot for Burgundy, and now has embarked on the foolhardy notion of writing a bi-monthly wine newsletter, A View from the Cellar. If its not a tasting night with samples, usually red Burgundy. Best red Burgundy under $30? broke it up in to two postings.

Here are some of the delicious things to eat in Burgundy: Oeufs en Meurette - Poached eggs in red wine sauce. Imagine this: a big white plate, a rectangular slice of rosy pink and green-flecked Jambon Persillé, a few gherkins, some good hot Dijon mustard, a slice of crusty bread, a nice glass of Volnay (substitute most any red Burgundy here).this

We visited some of the very top producers in Burgundy - Mugnier, Roumier, Pierre Morey, Pacalet, L'Arlot, Le Moine, Rousseau, and Dujac. One of my favorites was our visit to the cellars of Philippe Pacalet in Beaune. 2007 Beaune 1er Cru Les Perrieres in bottles, waiting for labels. Philippe Pacalet, definitely a bit of a rascal.

I've had Charolais maybe four times now, only in Burgundy, and I love how deeply beefy it is without feeling heavy. Peter turned to me, swirling the wine in his glass, and said "Burgundy Dilettantes would turn their noses at this wine, but I think it's really good." Burgundy Dilittantes - nothing to snub your nose at over here.

SPIT: 2008 Hospice de Beaune. The climate, both meteorological and economic, put a damper on the annual charity auction for barrels of red Burgundy. SIPPED: too much. As G-20 leaders met in Washington this weekend while the economic world burns, they sipped Shafer Hillside Select 2003, a $250 Napa cab ( find this wine ). Reuters ].

Burgundy, Jura, and Muscadet.nope. took a brief Burgundy excursion at this point and tasted through the Philippe Pacalet wines. Pacalet has a cellar in Beaune proper and buys grapes from various growers, often tending the plots himself. There was simply no way to taste everything, even if this were the only tasting of the day.

Pernand-Vergelesses and Savigny-Les-Beaune, its neighbor to the south, are the two villages in the Côte de Beaune that I look to for great values in red wine. Make your morning coffee at home - why pay almost 3 bucks for it each day? Bring your lunch to work - why pay almost 10 bucks for it every day? That's how much I like 'em.

They're calling 2006 a "classic" vintage in Burgundy, which means that it was a normal year. Meadows in Burghound Issue #29 says, among other things, about the 2006's: "At their best, the ‘06s are indeed classic Burgundies that are exceptionally aromatic and elegant with the best transparency to the underlying terroir since the 2001's."

2005 in Burgundy is one of those vintages in which all wines can be great. Grapes were harvested without a lot of rot or other damage, even from plots that qualify only for the regional designation of Bourgogne, Côte de Beaune Villages, or Côte de Nuits Villages. And it's not only the superstars. This one should still be available.

2005 Simon Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Forneaux , $55, 3 bottles. And a few ill-advised Burgundy purchases - why spend so much on village wine, even if the producer is Roumier or Mugnier? Just like you, I have my limits on what I'll spend on a bottle of wine. Why $50? Good buy. 2005 Ch â teau LaGrange , $52, 2 bottles.

Expensive (over $50) 2005 red Burgundy : Simon Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Forneaux Inexpensive (under $25) 2005 red Burgundy : Paul Pernot Beaune Clos du Dessus des Marconnets. Mature wine: 1993 Chandon de Briailles Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Forneaux. That's a lot of writing about wine and food.

What do you think of when you hear "Burgundy?" think of Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romaneé, Gevrey-Chambertin, and the storied villages of the Côte de Nuits, and also of Puligny, Meursault, Volnay, and the other superstars of the Côte de Beaune. For many of us, these are not everyday wines. Is this even possible?

One thing I want to say right here and right now is that I think you can spend between $30-$60 per bottle and get a case of stupendous 2005 red Burgundy. Yup, I think you can spend about $500 and get a case of beautiful and age worthy Burgundy wine from "The Vintage of the Century." But the Cote de Beaune is the place to go.

The beautiful thing about going to the Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting, for me, is that I get to taste Burgundy wines that I have never before tasted, and that in all likelihood I will not taste again unless I go next year. Such a great way to learn about the character of the '05 vintage in white Burgundy. Highly drinkable.

2005 Paul Pernot Beaune Clos du Dessus des Marconnets is a beautiful wine and a great value (between $23-30, depending on where you shop) in a wonderful but expensive Burgundy vintage. Common wisdom holds that good Pinot Noir should be consumed either while young, or left alone to mature in the cellar for at least five years. Anyway.

2005 Burgundy is nuts. I've basically accepted the fact that the bulk of my 05 Burgundy will be from the Cote de Beaune. refuse to sit this out though, this 05 Burgundy craze. Honestly, if you see this wine and you're interested in dipping a toe into the 05 Burgundy pool, you should just buy a few bottles.

To use the Burgundy analogy, there is regional wine (called Bourgougne, Cotes de Beaune, or Cotes de Nuits), village level wine (Vosne-Romanee, Auxey-Durresses, Pommard, etc.), First time checking out the Beaujolais Challenge? Don't worry, you haven't missed anything. Too bad, because Beaujolais is serious wine. Okay, that's it.

I am finding that the un-oaked whites from the "lesser" regions of Burgundy are just fantastic in 2005. The two "lesser" regions I refer to are the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais, both south of the Cote de Beaune and north of Beaujolais. That they are reasonably priced makes the whole thing happy for everyone. Just a point of inf

A few wines of interest from the past few weeks that don't get their own post: Burgundy 2003 Marechal Savigny Les Beaune Vieille Vignes , $ unknown (restaurant purchase). If I'm not mistaken, it was this wine that won the NYTimes tasting panels' "Village Burgundy" blind tasting a little over a year ago. Wrong. just as good.

will admit that I have a serious soft spot for Domaine Jean et Gilles Lafouge, as BrooklynLady and I had such a wonderful visit during our Burgundy trip last November. Auxey-Duresses is a village in the Cote de Beaune, a neighbor of Meursault, Monthelie, and Saint Aubin. And Lafouge is one of my favorites.

The '05s from Marechal are now available, and the Pommard, the Cote de Beaune village with the biggest muscles, the one that might require the longest time to reveal its charms, it was this young wine that impressed me as the most complex and immediately drinkable. hauled my butt into Manhattan (!) Packed already, and only 1:10 PM.

I've been on a serious Burgundy kick for almost 6 months now, since before BrooklynLady and visited the region. read more about Burgundy and Pinot Noir than about anything else that is wine-related. It has the depth of aroma and flavor, the elegance, the richness, and the power of Burgundy wines that command far higher prices.

Speaking of the search for value in red Burgundy wines. If you take the train from Paris to Dijon and drive south to Burgundy, you go through Marsannay (an up-and-coming appellation), then Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Flagey-Echezeaux, and Vosne-Romanee, the powerhouses of red wine production in Burgundy.

The 2005 vintage in Burgundy is hyped in the same way as in Bordeaux -amazing, the vintage of the century (does that include the 1900's?). imagine that the wines will be prohibitively expensive and in Burgundy, quite rare. It could be the value bottle of 2005 Burgundy., was delighted to find four different reds from Paul Pernot.

I am starting to feel more comfortable as a consumer of Burgundy wine. And they each make a Bourgogne wine, sometimes a Cote-de-Beaune or Cote-de-Nuits Villages, a Village level wine, and then usually one or more 1er Crus, maybe even a Grand Cru or two. There are so many producers though, some with famous names, others unknown to me.

BrooklynLady and I hosted, and we settled on the theme of Burgundy, in honor of our recent trip. BrooklynLady and I prepared a 5 course dinner and everyone was asked to bring a mature red Burgundy. We opened (an hour before eating) two white Burgundies to taste with the quiche. This bubbly was surprising in its weight and power.

We went there for lunch on our last day in Burgundy and although we had a very nice time, on this occasion Gourmet got it wrong. Tasting all of the wines was interesting though, and I gained some insight into recent Burgundy. We loved our dinner that night at Le Ciboulettes, a small bistrot just inside the walled area of Beaune.

The Domaine Paul Pernot was the largest producer we visited, although Pernot is middle sized by Burgundy standards. Who knows.maybe I just needed more experience with Burgundy, or maybe 2003 Bourgogne is just not going to be that impressive in general. Reds: 2005 Beaune Clos de dessus les Marconnets. 2005 Puligny-Montrachet.

She got us tickets to the Hospices de Beaune auction, and she made appointments for us to visit a few of her growers, and we didn't discuss our tastes before she made the appointments. This was for both of us the most profound tasting experience with white Burgundy and Chardonnay in general up until this point.

Many restaurants in or near Beaune are closed on Monday nights, and this being the Monday after the Hospices de Beaune auction weekend, we figured that we might have to eat dinner at some chain restaurant such as the "Buffalo Grill," the oddly Texan-themed place we saw one day. This dish appeared on almost every menu in Burgundy.

The finest meal of our France trip, considering both Burgundy and Paris, was most certainly our dinner at Le Charlemagne , a smart and beautifully designed restaurant nestled in at the base of the hills in Pernand Vergelesses. They also own the popular sushi place just outside Beaune called Sushi Kai. Amazing!

We made our way slowly, nervous husband driving 6 months pregnant wife in tiny stick-shift car on narrow and windy roads through thick fog to Beaune for the Hospices de Beaune wine auction. The Hospices de Beaune ( pictured below ) has served the poor and sick in Burgundy for over 500 years now. Alliteration, anyone?

We had at least 5 restaurants on our eat-here list, but the only one with a table open on Saturday night, our first night in France and the eve of the Hospices de Beaune auction, was Le Gourmandin. ordered a glass of Cremant, the sparkling wine of Burgundy. Tomorrow we go to the Hospices de Beaune auction Now, what to eat?

She selected the Hotel Villa-Louise for our stay in Burgundy, and it was perfect, really. unconditionally and without hesitation recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Burgundy. The village sits in the hills just west off Route 74, the main road to use when driving aro und Burgundy. 1986 Cote de Beaune Village , $28.

We had an amazing time - saw beautiful country, shared the kinds of experiences that happen only while on vacation and that help to nourish a relationship, learned a great deal about the wines of Burgundy, pounded the pavement in Paris for four days, and more. The area in Burgundy that is not paved is essentially one huge grapevine.

Of all the wines that I know, the type that most reminds me of home made chicken soup is red Burgundy. feel the same way about red Burgundy wine. opened a bottle of 2004 Marechal Savigny-les-Beaune and stretched out on the couch, sipping the wine while the Cardinals loaded the bases against Glavine and the Mets.