The grand tour of French wines comes to an end this week. We finish our journey in Provence and Corsica. Provence is France’s oldest winemaking region and the only one in the world to focus primarily on the production of rosé. It’s nine AOC appellations are quite varied and many have very distinct focuses. For … Read more
This week, we actually studied three regions in France: Savoie, Jura and Beaujolais. Beaujolais Beaujolais is a small wine growing region just to the south of Bourgogne. The land is only 34 miles long and 7-9 miles in width. The grapes of the Beaujolais region are few. 98% of the red grape plantings in Beaujolais … Read more
The most important lesson from our Bourgogne class: Bourgogne = Burgundy. For some reason, Bourgogne was the only French wine region to be translated, and in English-speaking countries is called Burgundy. It’s long caused confusion to consumers who find only Bourgogne mentioned on wine labels so a shift is currently occurring to return all references … Read more