Autumn/winter or Summer, always something to do among the vines. These two photos taken 9 months apart near Volnay, Burgundy.
Volnay
Wine philosophy!
A very interesting article from Neel Burton entitled A short philosophy of wine (Neel Burton, MD) has set me thinking (in an Epicurean kind of way) more specifically about “what wine has done for me” across my lifetime. As his… Read More ›
Escargots and Volnay a perfect match in Burgundy
Not to everyone’s taste, but on our wine travels in France I just can’t get enough escargots, snails to most of us! All part of my “think local, eat and drink local” and I’ve had them in several different guises… Read More ›
How to survive a day in Burgundy without wine tasting!
If you are into wine travel, a day without wine tasting in Burgundy seems odd, especially when staying in Meursault, only a few km away from Volnay, Pommard and Beaune to the North, and a few km away from Puligny… Read More ›
There’s more to Burgundy than wine tasting!
A misty dawn in Burgundy confirms there is more to wine travel than wine tasting.
Pommard or Volnay?
Pommard or Volnay? It’s a bit like asking crab or lobster, roast potatoes or boiled, caviar or truffles! I like both, they are the same grape, Pinot Noir; two villages in Burgundy only 1km apart, vineyards adjacent to each other;… Read More ›
Burgundy: Wine, food, and food with wine!
Says it all really, a small strip of land in France where gastronomy IS the culture, from terroir to vine to bottle, and from farm to market to table ….. you don’t come to Burgundy to see it, you come… Read More ›
