Wine-Bourgogne

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You do not need to worry how to get information about wines in Bourgogne.You will find plenty of information about tours or wine schools for travelers at the Tourist Information in Beaune. You can find lots of books of wines at bookstores and various kinds of Bourgogne wines at liquor shops or restaurant bars. Enjoy whole of Beaune as a huge wine information center.

Beaune

Tourist Information(Office du tourisme): First of all you must visit it, where is the center of information about domaine cruising, as well as sightseeing of Beaune. You can get some pamphlets about places of domaines and advertisements of some tours, wine schools and domaines mainly in and around Beaune (ex: Côte de Beaune, Hautes Côtes de Beaune). You can also apply the tours and the schools there. Some staffs understand English.
  Rue de l'Hôtel Dieu
  21200 Beaune
  tel 03 80 26 21 30
  fax 03 80 26 21 39

Liquor Shops: You can ask shop assistants about their recommendation. Please note, however, you can find lots of bottles of négociants such as Joseph Drouhin or Louis Jadot, but you will rarely find products of excellent small domaines, which you can get in Paris more easily.

Athénaeum: 7,Rue del'Hôtel Dieu, Beaune; tel: 03 80 25 80 30; A large shop which stores good collections of book (written in French or English) and goods about wines.You will feel no obligation to buy something.
Louis Perrol(photo): located around the parking nearby office de tourisme in Beaune (Beaune)
Pérardel: Avenue du Général de Gaulle (Beaune); tel: 03 80 24 08 09; storing more than 300 kinds of Bourgogne wine
Denis Peret: 40 rue et place Carnot (Beaune); tel: 03 80 22 35 47; mainly storing the products of negociants.

Shops of Negociants: In and around Beaune, you will find many storehouses of negociants,where you can try free tasting of their products. If you want to try various kinds of wine, however, bars or liquor shops downtown are much better places.

B.I.V.B.（Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne): Operated by 5 villages(Chablis-Auxerois, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais) in Bourgogne, this organization is for the purpose of protection and sales promotion of Bourgogne wines. For people in need of further information, it stores special books about Bourgogne wines, as well as operating wine schools and tasting schools with some courses for professionals and others for amateurs. The term ranges from 2 days to 1 week.
Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne
12, boulevard Bretonniére, BP150
21204 Beaune
tel 03 80 24 70 20
fax 03 80 25 69 36
There are also branches in Beaune,Mâcon and Chablis.

Wine school（L'Ambassade du Vin): Coordinated by Mr. Paul Cadiau, this wine school offers various programs according to the knowledge and interest of wines, such as from a tasting seminar for the beginners (2 hours) to vinifications's seminar for the experts(several days). Tasting seminars are presented in English. You can apply for tasting seminars at the Tourist Information.
L'Ambassade du Vin
23 Rue Paradis
21200 Beaune
tel 03 80 22 70 37

Wine Museum(Musée du Vin de Bourgogne): The only wine museum in Bourgogne, where you will look and learn about history of Bourgogne wines, soil,and the tools used for vinification.
Musée du Vin de Bourgogne
rue d'Enfer
21200 Beaune
tel 03 80 22 08 19

Nuits-Saint-Georges

You should visit this village if you are in need of informations especially about northern part of Côte d'Or(Côte de nuits, Hautes Côtes de nuits, etc ), including the world-wide famous vineyard Romanée-Conti.

Office du tourisme: You can get pamphlets briefing about Nuits-Saint Georges and it's neighbor villages (Vosne- Romanée, Vougeot and some others) and apply tours cruising mainly Côte de nuits, Hautes Côtes de nuits.

Chassagne-Monrachet

Caveau de Chassagne-Montrachet

9, rue Charles Paquelin （Chassagne-Montrachet）

a liquor shop storing mainly Chassagne-Montrachet wine.

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