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If you are looking for serious information on Burgundy wines or ideas for purchases, this blog is for you!

Ageing of Burgundy wines: oak barrel or vat?

Ageing of Burgundy wines: oak barrel or vat?

Ageing in oak barrels for wine is an exception: on average in the world only 1% of wines are aged in barrels.In France it is three times more, but it is obviously still very minority. Some of the most renowned regions use the Barrel in a much more marked way, such as…

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Le Tour de France à Chalon sur Saône

Le Tour de France à Chalon sur Saône

Aujourd’hui le Tour de France a choisi Chalon sur Sâone au sud de la Bourgogne comme ville d’arrivée ! La ville de Nicéphore Niepce, inventeur de la photographie, est évidemment en effervescence depuis plusieurs jours, et les préparatifs sont engagés depuis de…

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The Tour de France in Chalon sur Saône

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…

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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

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Weekend Oenology Burgundy

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,…

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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…

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Vintage 2018 Burgundy

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…

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Pruning the vine in Burgundy

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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