Burgundy
/ Bourgogne wine region
A
few of the most exciting wines in the world come from
this region.
Geography of Burgundy :
Burgundy
(Bourgogne) begins a hundred kilometers south
from Paris and spreads itself down to Lyon. It
stretches on 360 kilometers (225 miles).
Burgundy is
a region with various soils, divided in numerous
districts: Chablis,
Côte d'Or (divided in Côte
de Nuits and Côte
de Beaune), Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais
and Beaujolais.
Bourgogne Region Information :
| Location: |
South
of Paris, between Dijon and Lyon, the Burgundy
wine region stretches on 360 kilometers (225 miles) |
| Size: |
31 500 km2 (size
of the Burgundy region) |
| Weather: |
Continental
with cold winter and warm summer |
| Population: |
1,600,000 (population
of Burgundy region) |
| Main
Cities: |
Dijon (150,000)
Chalon sur Saône (50,000)
Auxerre (37,000)
Macon (34,000)
Beaune (21,000)
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| Places
of Interest: |
Hospices
de Beaune (Hotel-Dieu)
Burgundy Wine Road
Dijon (roof tiles)
Abbeys: Vézelay,
Cluny, Fontenay
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About
Burgundy :
Wines of Burgundy - Wines
of Beaujolais - Bourgogne
Wine Map - Classification
in Bourgogne / Burgundy - List
of 33 Burgundy Grands Crus - Romanée
Conti - Bourgogne
wine geography - Bourgogne
wine history - Wine
making in Burgundy - Wines
of Burgundy and food - Buy
Bourgogne wines - Burgundy
/ Bourgogne main page
Wines
from Burgundy :
Bourgogne aoc - Bourgogne
Aligoté - Chablis - Côte
de Nuits - Gevrey
Chambertin - Clos
Vougeot - Vosne
Romanée -
Nuits Saint Georges - Côte
de Beaune - Corton - Pommard - Volnay - Meursault
- Chassagne
Montrachet - Mercurey - Macon - Givry - Pouilly
Fuissé -
Rully - all Burgundy
wines
Interview
:
Pierre Henry
Gagey, Louis Jadot
French
Wine Regions :
Alsace - Bordeaux - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes
du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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