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Burgundy (Cote d’Or)
> Although small in size, Burgundy, or Bourgogne as it is properly called in France, is one of the world’s most important wine regions. It is located in eastern France, west of the Alps, a four hour drive or a one hour 40 minute train ride (high speed TGV) from Paris.
> Burgundy is composed of five main sub regions: Chablis, Cote d’Or, Cote Chalonnaise, Maconnais, and Beaujolais.
> The Cote d’Or, a narrow strip of land running north to south, is just over 30 miles long and less than one mile wide.
> The literal translation of Côte d'Or is "golden slope", but the name is actually an abbreviation for Cote d'Orient, or "east slope."
> There are approximately 21,000 acres of vineyards in the Cote d’Or region.
> The Cote d’Or is divided into the Cote de Nuits in the north and the Cote de Beaune in the south.
> There are four levels of Burgundy: Bourgogne (52% of all production), Village wine (35%), Premier Cru (11%), Grand Cru (2%). Only 33 vineyards are designated as Grand Cru. With the exception of Corton, all of the Cote d’Or’s red Grand Crus are located in the Cotes de Nuits. Except for a small amount of Musigny Blanc, all of the Cote d’Or’s white Grand Crus are located in the Cote de Beaune.
> Burgundy’s primary grapes are Pinot Noir for the reds and Chardonnay for the whites. Other grapes of lesser importance include Aligote, Pinot Blanc and Gamay.
> Limestone is the magic ingredient in the soil of the Cote d’Or.
> Wine has been produced in Burgundy for more than two thousand years. Before the Romans conquered the region in 51 BC the Celts were already producing wine. After the Roman Empire disintegrated Burgundy was ruled by the Franks, the Alamans and the Vandals. Burgundy’s monastic influence began in 587 when King Guntramn donated a vineyard to the Abbey of St. Benignus in Dijon.
> Roughly 1000 years ago, most of Burgundies great vineyards were mapped and delineated by the Bendictine and Cistercian monks who owned most of the prime sites in the Cote d’Or at the time. The French Revolution, in 1789, led to the selling off of most of the orders’ holdings.
> Most vineyards in Burgundy are subdivided into smaller parcels. For example, the 125-acre Clos de Vougeot has roughly 80 individual owners.
> Dijon is the birthplace of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower.
> Beane is the birthplace of Bruno Latour, one of the primary developers of actor-network theory (ANT), a quasi-constructionist approach influenced by the ethnomethodology of Harold Garfinkel, the generative semiotics of Algirdas Julius Greimas, and the maverick sociology of Durkheim's rival Gabriel Tarde.
Thank you Wikipedia.
> Before the Dukes of Hazzard and Duke of Earl, you had the Dukes of Burgundy. They governed the region for four generations from 1363 to 1477. Philip the Bold, or Duke #1, outlawed the planting of the inferior Gamay grape in 1395. |
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