Friday, October 21, 2022 – A wine tasting tour in Burgundy.

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That is a lot of wine.

We got up early this morning and walked to a local bakery for breakfast before Our wine tour.

I had a very nice quiche for breakfast.

Joy, the wine tour guide picked us up at 9:00 and then we picked up Joan and Nancy who joined us on the tour.

From left to right, Joan, Nancy, Sara and Mark.
On the right is Joy, the wine tour operator.

After we all got in Joy’s van we went for a short ride around the area surrounding Beaune and Sidney of the grand cru vineyards. It started raining so hard that we couldn’t se anything so we went straight to the first tasting at the Grand Cave.

This is the barrel aging room at the Grand Cave.
This is a Jean the wine expert at the Grand Cave who conducted our wine tasting. As you can see we tasted six wines, three white wines and three red wines. Tasting wine is very complicated but at the end of an hour and after finishing the sixth glass of wine I finally got the hang of it.
This is the second winery or domain that we visited.
What a beautiful domain.
This is the drive that leads from the house and tasting room to the back of the property. Just on the other side of the stone wall is the Camino path that goes from Paris to Santiago.
This is Jean Luc. He walked us through another six bottle tasting. Jean Luc was so proud of his domain and the wines he produces. About ten years ago Jean Luc spent a month in Denver visiting wine distributors and large retailers educating them on the wines from his domain and the wines from Burgundy in general.
This is Jean Luc’s barrel aging room.
This is where we are lunch.
The front of the restaurant.
I started with a warm goat cheese salad.
Coq au vin for the main course.
Delicious roasted potatoes.
Memorial to this town’s soldiers who died in World War One.
Third and final stop on our wine tour.
Oldest wine barrel in Burgundy. Almost 400 years old.
We tasted all these wines and then had a taste of their port and a whiskey.
These are the bottles of the really good wine that the family puts away for special occasions.
For dinner we had hummus and a charcuterie plate and a basket of bread and a bottle of wine. I was so busy eating that I didn’t take a picture until we were done.

That’s it for tonight. I hope you had a great day. Good night from Beaune, France 🇫🇷.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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