The ultimate Burgundy wine and food tour

A plane ride over the vineyards of the Slopes of Gold, a visit to Chassagne-Montrachet, a romp through the Chalonaise, a tour of the famous outdoor market of Beaune, and an epic meal at Le Gourmandin are all on tap for this segment of The Wine Travelers.

In this segment of the wine travelers we get a taste of Burgundy from the air visit a Grand Cru vineyard explore Burgundy’s secret wine region and feast at a local bistro in our search for terroir join us on the ultimate food and wine adventure the wine travelers one of the

Best ways to understand the impact of terroir upon the landscape of Burgundy is to see it from the air Jean Jacques the owner of The Bistro Burgin young offers Clark and Hallie a very unique vineyard tour we would go and invite over the vineyards burgundy vineyards and to see all the smaller spots

The two most famous French wine regions Bordeaux and burgundy are very different from each other Bordeaux is dominated by large estates which blend their grapes into a few classic wines burgundy is made up of thousands of small growers each with their own small parcels of land which are called domains the domain may

Produce a dozen wines which represent each vineyard site they have within an appellation an appellation is simply a specific vineyard area although many factors are considered the boundaries of an appellation are often determined by soil type an Appalachian can be very large or very small and it can have many owners or one

Single owner the most famous of all white burgundy Appalachians Lamar Shea has 15 owners Martin pre air is one of them hello hi I’m Martin for a year welcome to Burgundy for lovers of white burgundy – a song marche region and the cote de Beaune is the stuff of

Legend right now we are on the vineyard of the flume wash a Remora shades big big terroir it’s one of the more expansive and with white wine in the world and it’s a Gras krewe of Burgundy actually we are on the village of chefs an Moorish a the terroir in Burgundy

It’s it’s it’s a lot of things actually first here we have a combination between limestone and clay and in always in the wrong tree you have a lot of limestone will give a lot of freshness to the wine also here in la marche from the sunset

To the sunrise you always have some Sun here and also when it’s raining here the water don’t stay over there it just ran away on the slope so and also it’s works and many generation did on this vineyard so you see Tara it’s more complex than

Okay here is a nice spot souvenirs looks interesting the wine it’s good it’s it’s many many things Chardonnay from Burgundy is not as rich as the heavily Oats Chardonnay is popular in California and Australia including anymore I should admit they are very clean often have a distinct minerality component what we say wines

Are known for aromas of almond honey apple and they can be aged for up to 20 years which is a long time for a white wine it’s been a great day of tasting tomorrow we’re off to explore Burgundy’s best unexplored region for now though as the

Sun sets upon Marcel we savor our last few sips more shape in the center of bone surrounded by an old stone wall is the salt reveal old part of the city we begin our day as usual at the Bistro burger noon today we are joined by our very stylish Dutch Branson Martin and

Edwin for a typical Burgundian breakfast good piece of [ __ ] a nice gloves on firmer so instead of a pretty mortgage and a bill device which is bearing the theme of area just to get rid of the taste of the toothpaste and this is just this is just goes ready for our first

Tasting of the morning which is that the shuttle the Shamy high in mercury with Emily Davila who’s quite a character this will just line the stomach the Shaolin days is a large region just a few minutes southeast of boat unlike the Cote or which is mostly east facing

The shallowness is a very hilly area with many aspects many soil types and many micro climates well not as famous as the other regions the wines from the shallow maze get better every year as the winemakers there better understand their terroir tell a fella yeah well okay we are in in

A plateau plateau to simulate mercury which is named PLA and PLA means a platform stones of limestone it optimized there was a warmness of the day we captured the oneness of the day and it will let release it during overnight so it will the maturity process would continue day or night this

Is very important this is why it’s very important for chardonnay and also it brings purity and minerality in the wines so as you can see the soil is very white full of limestone it is perfect for chardonnay Porsche – the shimmering in different plat tournament feeds from

Here the soil will be completely red full of clay perfect for Pinot Noir with nice deepness which produced which optimize the finesse and the purity of the pin Wharf of Chateau – and I want just to insist on the earth and the terroir it’s you have here a red soil

Full of iron with very nice finesse which produce wines which are very pure I would say powerful and the soil is the key point of Burgundy wines and the terroir I think is very important as well as the climate with natural acidity I think there are natural acidity are

The two points very important enough about terroir for now we are getting thirsty for lunch on Murray takes us to a typical country Bistro for that typical burgundy and Stube coke alone chicken simmered in red wine sauce everything is amazing is that very good yes you know the bring in this mission

The new Yamaha formal custody animal lover so he’s making sure that this horse has wine as well lunch is a spirited affair complete with the inevitable spillage of memory some of which is unintentional some of which is not all in all it’s a fantastic afternoon and further testament to the

French hospitality freshness from you take five don’t say vehicle and in 1947 the ones have been kept arrested because of the alcohol so not breaking with tradition we had a quick light lunch and we’re off to our next appointment this is what we leave in our wake since this is Europe

We can’t talk about the wines without also talking about the food join us when we return for some wine and food pairings