Saturday, November 20, 2010

Beaujolais nouveau day!

We stopped in Dijon on the our way back from the pool show and picked up some bottles of the Beaujolais nouveau as it just happened to be Beaujolais Nouveau Day, lucky me! The wine is always released the third Thursday in November.
We also stopped by to see some friends of my parents who winter with them in the south of Spain. Gilbert and Michele live in Marsanney, which is near Dijon on the Route de Vin. They were very happy to see us, and we had a bottle of Champagne before they showed us their wine cellar.

It would have been nice to stay the weekend for 'The Hospices de Beaune wine auction' which is the most famous wine charity event in the world. It is also a popular festival in honor of Burgundy wine, and it's the 150th anniversay this year, so they expected crowds from all over the world with many festivities in the village.

As you can see, they do a little of their own wine down here.

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