One of a first-rate series of wines from Burgundy, all sold under the Blason de Bourgogne label, this Mconnais white outperforms its appellation. |
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The next day, we took a little road-trip further down into the heart of Bourgogne. |
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To go with the meal, Rachain chose a French Bourgogne Chardonnay, a very smooth white with a delightful bouquet. |
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As luck would have it, much like blackcurrant in Bourgogne, blueberries are the emblematic berry in the Vosges, where they grow by the bushload up the steep mountain slopes. |
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A troupe of traditional Burgundian folk singers, Les Cadets de Bourgogne, lead guests in a variety of traditional harvest songs. |
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It remains to mention certain other works bearing the name of Mandeville or de Bourgogne. |
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Finally, de Bourgogne wrote under his own name a treatise on the plague, extant in Latin, French and English texts, and in Latin and English abridgments. |
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