Tag: FWS
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...
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...
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...