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In 1443 Nicolas Rolin, a nobleman in the Valois Court, founded one of the wine world’s most historic and recognizable charitable institutions. What’s its name?

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Hotel-Dieu in Beaune, Hospices de Beaune

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What is metayage?

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Sharecropping

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What is fermage?

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Leasing

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Which producer is the largest land owner in the Côte d’Or?

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Bouchard Père & Fils, with 130 hectares of vines under its control.

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What are the five main wine growing areas in Burgundy?

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From north to south, they are: Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais.

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The Côte d’Or wine growing region itself:

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A thin ribbon of vineyard extending 60 km from the outskirts of the city of Dijon (the regional capital) southward through the three small communes of Maranges.

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What two communes make up the dividing line between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune?

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Corgoloin and Ladoix-Serrigny

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In Yonne, what communes make up the Grand Auxerrois-the land surrounding Auxerre.

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Vézelay

Irancy

Tonnerre

Joigny

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The Côte Chalonnaise:

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Lies to the south of the Côte d’Or in the northern Saône-et-Loire department. It lies on the western edge of the Saône River Valley.

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Where is the most emblematic site in the Saône-et-Loire, The Rock of Solutre located?

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The northern Maconnais

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What is the capital of the Yonne?

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Auxerre

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What is the monts du Beaujolais?

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A series of choppy, low mountains that reach upwards of 1,0000 meters in elevation.

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What is selection massale?

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A FIELD SELECTION rather than a clonal selection. Many producers in Burgundy now choose to propagate the Pinot Noir vine through this.

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What is the most planted grape in Burgundy?

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Chardonnay

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What is Chardonnay known as from Beaune in Yonne

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Beaunois

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What two varietals is Chardonnay and Aligoté’s natural crossing?

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Pinot and Gouais Blanc

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What are some rare grape varietals in Burgundy?

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Cesar (Red), Tressot (Red), Sacy (White), Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc

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The Burgundy AOP system consists of a four tier hierarchy of appellations. What are they?

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Regionale

Village

Premier Cru (1er)

Grand Cru

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What was the Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire AOP renamed in attempt to revitalize it?

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Coteaux Bourguignons AOP, it shares the same dimensions as Bourgogne AOP with the inclusion of Gamay

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What are the four lieux-dits approved in the 1990’s as geographic destinations for Bourgogne AOP?

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La Chapelle Notre Dame

Le Chapitre

Côte St-Jacques

Montrecul

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Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP

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Wines are red, may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune. Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe Corton, and Beaune itself.

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Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP

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Wines are red or (rarely) white and may be sourced from the villages of Fixin and Brochon in the north, and Prissey, Corgoloin, and Comblanchien in the south.

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Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP

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Pinot Noir and Gamay must be vinified together throughout the Côte d’Or and southern Burgundy.

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Cremant de Bourgogne

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Debuted in 1975 as an AOP for traditional method white and rose sparkling wines produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

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Bourgogne Mousseux

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An older rare appellation reserved for sparkling reds produced via the traditional method.

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What is the smallest AOP in Burgundy and all of France?

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La Romanee AOP, 0.85 ha

27
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What are the two more larger AOP’s in Burgundy?

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Corton and Clos de Vougeot

28
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What is the climate of Chablis?

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Cool Continental

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What are the three AOP’s of Chablis?

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Petit Chablis

Chablis

Chablis Grand Cru

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What is the best soil in Chablis?

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Kimmeridgian marl, A mixture of limestone and clay laced with millions of oyster fossils. It is buried under Portlandien limestone, a pure form of limestone.

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What are the seven geographic designations of Chablis Grand Cru AOP?

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Les Clos

Vaudesir

Valmur

Peruses

Blanchot

Bougros

Grenouilles

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La Moutonne

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An eighth parcel of Chablis Grand Cru, a monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit overlapping Vaudesir and Preuses.

33
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Beyond Chablis what are the two other communal appellations in the Yonne department?

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Irancy AOP - A red wine appellation for light Pinot Noir based reds.

St-Bris AOP - The only Sauvignon Blanc appellation in Burgundy.

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What are combes in the Côte d’Or?

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Dry, transverse valleys, carved during the last ice age by melt water and erosion, which today serves as conduits for both cool breezes and hailstorms.

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What is the preferred soil type in the Côte de Nuits?

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Limestone

36
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What is the preferred soil type in the Côte de Beaune?

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Marl

37
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What is traditionally the barrel of choice to age Burgundy wine in?

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228 liter piece

38
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In the Côte de Nuits, which village appellations produce AOP white wine?

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Marsannay

Fixin

More-Saint-Denis

Vougeot

Nuits-Saint-Georges

39
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What grand cru in the Côte de Nuits may also produce white wines?

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Musigny

40
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What AOP is the largest village appellation in the Côte d’Or?

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Gevrey-Chambertin, also home to the greatest number of grand cru vineyards contained within any single village (9).

41
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Clos Saint-Jacques

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An outstanding vineyard excluded from grand cru consideration in 1936 as its borders did not touch those of Chambertin itself.

42
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What are the two grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny?

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Musigny

Bonnes Mares

43
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What is the only exceptional premier cru of Chambolle-Musigny?

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Les Amoureuses

44
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Within Morey-Saint-Denis, what are the five grand crus?

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Clos de Tart

Clos de Lambrays

Clos de la Roche

Clos St-Denis

Bonnes Mares

45
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What is the only grand cru of Vougeot?

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Clos de Vougeot (accounts for over 80% of Vougeot’s planted acreage)

46
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What are the four premier crus of Vougeot?

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Clos de la Perriere

Les Petits Vougeot

Les Cras

Le Clos Blanc

47
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What are the six grand crus of Vosne-Romanee?

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Le Romanee (the smallest) Comtes Liger Belair

La Tache (monopole) Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Romanee-Conti (monopole) Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

La Grande Rue (monopole) Domaine Francois Lamarche

Richebourg

Romanee-Saint-Vivant

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What are the top sites of premier crus of Vosne Romanee?

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Les Suchots

Les Beaux Monts

Les Petits Monts

Aux Malconsorts

Cros Parantoux (Henri Jayer)

49
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What is the only premier cru that does not abut a grand cru in Vosne Romanee?

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Michel Gros monopole Clos des Reas

50
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In the Côte Chalonnaise, what is the appellation that may ONLY produce white wine?

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BOUZERON

51
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Les Genevrieres is a premier cru in what village?

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Meursault

52
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What is the largest grand cru in Chablis?

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Les Clos

53
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How many liters are in a Fueillette?

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132

54
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What crus of Beaujolais produce the lightest red wine?

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Chiroubles

Brouilly

Régnié

55
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Georges Duboeuf

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Beaujolais Nouveau made a household name out of the regions largest producer

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