Chablis

Don’t call it Burgundy: How to find great wines for less from France’s Bourgogne region

Way back in the 1990s, when I began visiting “Burgundy,” as it was then commonly called, in France, it was not so easy to navigate the region’s many wine producers, villages and restaurants. There was little readily available information on the internet. English was rarely spoken and arranging tastings at the many small, family-owned domaines […]

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Dave’s Wine Tips: Drinking Gueguen Bourgogne Rosé Pinot Noir For Refreshment

For crisp, refreshing rosés, images of sunny southern France come readily to mind. The region’s wealth of familiar choices include Provence’s “pink” wines and Tavel’s delicious, full flavored dark rosés. But believe it or not, winegrowers far to the north in Burgundy also offer mighty tasty, thirst-quenching rosés. Consider, for example the 2019 Domaine Céline

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Cellar Tasting: Bourgogne-Épineuil and Domaine Dominique Gruhier

You’re familiar with the wines of Chablis, right? But have you enjoyed the delicious wines of Bourgogne-Épineuil? Bourgogne-Épineuil cover the hills immediately above Tonnerre, a city just ten miles east of Chablis. Both wine growing areas lie in the north of Burgundy (or “Bourgogne”), a two-hour drive southeast of Paris. But while Chablis is a large

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