Burgundy
wine information
A
few of the most exciting wines in the world come from
Burgundy.
The
Burgundy region 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.
Burgundy wines
are of a velvety and subtle red or of a sensual and
characteristic white.
The
most basic information on the wine of Burgundy are
:
| Location: |
South
of Paris, between Dijon and Lyon, the Burgundy
wine region stretches on 360 Kilometers (225 miles)
Bourgogne
region information |
| Size: |
31 500 km2 (size
of the Burgundy region) |
| Size
of the vineyards: |
25,000
hectares (60,000 acres)
99 wine appellations ! |
| Grapes
in Burgundy: |
Red
wine: Pinot Noir
White
wine: Chardonnay
|
| Production: |
180
million bottles
Burgundy wine
making |
| Type
of Wine: |
Full-body
red wine (Pommard, Corton)
Medium-body red wine (Beaune)
Dry white wine (Chablis, Chassagne Montrachet) |
| Burgundy
Wine and food: |
Red:
Game
Red
Meat
White:
Grilled fish
Oysters
Burgundy
wine and food |
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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