When you're looking for fine French food and wine, consider the Mconnais area of the Burgundy area in eastern France.
Among Frances 11 wine growing areas Burgundy ranks 4th in acreage if you include the Beaujolais area, which the majority do despite their substantial differences. Partisans, and they're many claim that Burgundy is actually the #1 or number 2 wine-producing area in France, if not internationally. Today the site lies in ruins, as it's been since the French Revolution, but what ruins. The site contains a horse-breeding center set up by Napoleon using stone from the abbey. Do not forget to tour the city of Autun once called Augustodonum, town of Augustus. The first name appertains to Augustus Caesar who modestly described it as "the sister and rival of Rome itself. But do visit Autuns Portes ( Archways ) and the Thtre Romain, once the biggest arena in Gaul ( Roman France ) with room for fifteen thousand spectators. Burgundy red wines are produ ced in an area of France stretching from Dijon south to Beaujolais. Here the Pinot Noir grape produces deliciously captivating wines mixing grace and power with pliable velvet textures and complicated flavours. The southernmost red Burgundy area is Beaujolais, where the grapes used are Gamay instead of Pinot Noir and the wines are made to emphasise fruit and charm. The best vineyard sites are labeled Grand Cru. Other vineyard sites of remarkable ( though not Grand Cru ) quality are labeled Premier Cru. A Burgundy wine label will always list the most precise location the grapes come from, and usually nothing else. The wine was awfully fragile and yet not puny. The wine was refreshing and pleasing but reasonably short. This cheese appeared to increase the wines flavour.
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