Burgundy

[sharon001]

This one's a rave rather than a rant. Just spent the weekend in Burgundy. Saturday: Vosne-Romanée and Beaune, Sunday: Meursault, Volnay, and Pommard. A little corner of paradise, and some interesting tastings (including a deliciously gourmand Volnay Champans 2002 and an excellent simple village appelation Vosne-Romanée 1999 from a producer whose vines are 4 meters away from Romanée Conti...).

I am endlessly pleased and amazed by the earthy, nuanced variations between different Burgundy villages, "climats", and producers.

Though we were trapped into the unfortunate Musée du Vin in Beaune: a kind of tourist destination where for 10 euros one can taste 16 exceedingly bad renditions of the different appelations (3 of which were corked, the day I went; I had to ask the guard to open another) and get a little metal tastevin as a souvenir. Yikes.