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Le Bourguignon, your expert in Burgundy Wines, shares his findings with the best addresses and unmissable news.
If you are looking for serious information on Burgundy wines or ideas for purchases, this blog is for you!
The Tour de France in Chalon sur Saône
Today the Tour de France has chosen Chalon sur Sâone in the south of Burgundy as the finish city! The city of Nicéphore Niepce, inventor of photography, has obviously been in turmoil for several days, and preparations have been underway for many weeks. The opportunity...
Burgundy for Father's Day
Looking for a Father's Day gift idea? For a wine-loving dad, Le Bourguignon offers a very nice selection of Red and White Burgundy wines and wine boxes. Discover for example a box 2 bottles Discover the whole selection: delivery wine Father's Day
Weekend Oenology Burgundy
Weekend project in Burgundy? Ask us for advice to organize your oenology weekend discovery of Burgundy and its wines. 1/ Accommodation in Burgundy : Possibility to offer you accommodation in Burgundy, Gites or bed and breakfast, whether in Côte de Beaune, Chablis,...
Chablis, magic of diversity
Chablis is an important production region in Burgundy, if we compare the volumes of wines produced with those of the rest of Burgundy: Composed only of white wines based on Chardonnay (the grape variety, the grape variety) only, the Chablis Protected Designation of...
Vintage 2018 Burgundy
Remember, a few months ago we were ecstatic about the quality of the 2018 vintage and the extremely promising state of the grapes in Burgundy, in black and white, from Chablis to Mâcon via the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Côte de Nuits. In the meantime...
Pruning the vine in Burgundy
At the beginning of March, pruning is now finished in Burgundy... except for the few winemakers who would still have a few plots to finish. Taking advantage of the vegetative rest of the vine during the winter period, the winegrower will carry out one of the most...
Happy New Year 2019!
The Vins de Bourgogne blog wishes you a very happy new year 2019! Whether it is enamelled with beautiful discoveries of bottles of Burgundy, pleasure wine in regional appellation to the great wines of Chablis, the Côte de Nuits or the Côte de Beaune! Burgundy...
Christmas wine boxes
Christmas Wine BoxesLook no further for gift ideas for a Burgundy wine lover! For Christmas, your choice can be made on the famous Grand Cru Bourgogne box, consisting of a bottle of Corton Grand Cru red 2015 presented in a magnificent wooden box ! This...
Sale hospices de beaune 2018
Only 3 weeks left before the famous sale of the Hospices de Beaune 2018 ! It takes place this year as every year on the 3rd weekend of November, that is to say in 2018 between 16 and 18 November, in Beaune.What is the sale of the Hospices de Beaune?The vineyards of...
2018 vintage in Burgundy: impact of the heat wave?
As regularly in recent years, wine producers in Burgundy announce a very good vintage in 2018n or even an exceptional year. The summer was marked by strong heat, and it is true that in general a very beautiful sunshine is synonymous with quality, limiting the threats...
Anti-Hail Nets authorized by the INAO
Experimented on the vines of Burgundy for 3 years, the anti-hail nets have just been officially authorized by the INAO, including on the vines classified in PDO (as is the case in Burgundy), or in PGI. Hail is a calamity for wine producers, it destroys the entire vine...
How to make wine?
WinemakingThe operation that transforms the grape into wine is called vinification. It takes about 1.3-1.5 kg of grapes to get a liter of wine. The essential steps of winemaking are: destemming, pressing, maceration and fermentation. Their sequence differs according...
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Le Bourguignon, your Burgundy wine expert, shares his discoveries with the best addresses and unmissable news. If you are looking for serious information on Burgundy wines or ideas for purchases, this blog is for you!
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