If you happen to be near Wayne, NJ today, don't miss this special tasting.
This Saturday at Gary's Wines new store in Wayne
Join us him to taste the wines of Thierry Pillot of Domaine Paul Pillot
Gary had the pleasure of meeting this talented young winemaker on his last trip to Burgundy, and was truly impressed with his stellar Chassagne-Montrachets. The Pillot family has been making wine for four generations now..but this will be their first official introduction to New Jersey!
Thierry will be pouring his selections in:
Wayne: Saturday, April 26 from 12-4
Bourgogne Aligote 2006
Bourgogne Chardonnay 2006
Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2006
Chassagne Montrachet Mazure 2006
Chassagne Montrachet Clos St Jean 2006
Things to do, places to see, with food and booze
Thank you for this contribution Antoinette.
Posted by: Peter Conway | 02/12/2009 at 20:32
Burgundy Wine“The wines from Bourgogne boast a longer history than any others.”
Here are some key dates in the long winegrowing history of Bourgogne, listed in chronological order.
312: Eumenes’ Discourses: oldest known documented reference.
1115: Clos de Vougeot Château built by monks from Cîteaux.
August 6, 1395: Duke Philip the Bold (1342-1404) publishes ordinance governing wine quality in Bourgogne.
1416: Edict of King Charles VI setting the boundaries of Bourgogne as a wine producing area (from Sens to Mâcon).
November 11, 1719: Creation of the oldest mutual assistance organisation, the "Société de Saint Vincent" in Volnay.
1720: Champy, Bourgogne's oldest merchant company was founded in Beaune and is still in business today.
1728: The first book devoted to the wines from Bourgogne, written by Father Claude Arnoux, is published in London.
July 18, 1760: Prince Conti (1717-1776) acquires the "Domaine de La Romanée", which now bears his name.
1789: French Revolution. Church-owned vineyards confiscated and auctioned off as national property.
October 17, 1847: King Louis-Philippe grants the village of Gevrey the right to add its name to its most famous cru – Chambertin. Other villages were quick to follow suit.
1851: First auction of wines grown on the Hospices de Beaune estate.
1861: First classification of wines (of the Côte d'Or) by Beaune's Agricultural Committee.
June 15, 1875: Phylloxera first detected in Bourgogne (at Mancey, Saône-et-Loire).
1900: Creation of the Beaune Oenological Station. April 30, 1923: Founding of La Chablisienne, Bourgogne's first cooperative winery.
April 29, 1930: A ruling handed down by the Dijon civil courts legally defines to the boundaries of wine-growing Bourgogne (administrative regions of Yonne, Côte-d’Or, and Saône-et-Loire, plus the Villefranche-sur-Saône area in the Rhône).
December 8, 1936: Morey-Saint-Denis becomes the first AOC in Bourgogne.
October 14, 1943: Creation of Premier Cru appellation category.
October 17, 1975: Crémant de Bourgogne attains AOC status.
Jully 17, 2006: Creation of Bourgogne's 100th appellation: “Bourgogne Tonnerre”.
You can more information on the burgundy wine in: http://www.burgundywinevarieties.com/
Posted by: Antoinette B. Kean | 02/10/2009 at 12:00