Friday October 6 was the traditional Autumn timber sale of the ONF Bourgogne-Ouest agency (Nièvre and Yonne), in Clamecy. 8:30 am, Romain-Rolland room, 1st floor of the Town Hall. The room is filling up fast. The bidding is about to begin. Among 30 or so buyers present, or on videoconference, Maison Charlois is well represented, […]
As the grape harvest season is in full swing across many regions, take advantage of the weekend of September 17–18 to (re)discover the treasures of France’s rich wine heritage. To give you a glimpse of the many activities available on September 17 and 18, here is a non-exhaustive list of vineyard tours and cultural sites […]
ONF Fall Sale of Nevers (October 15, 2021) The big annual autumn sale of hardwood lumber from the public forests of Nièvre and Yonne departments was organized last week by the ONF in Clamecy, in the north of Nièvre *. Timber sales, organized throughout the year, are part of the forest management process necessary […]
Cardinal Mazarin’s private secretary, in charge of his possessions and his immense fortune, Colbert takes possession of the Duchy of Nièvre on behalf of Mazarin in 1659. During Autumn 1660, Colbert starts a second journey in the Duchy to implement the necessary reforms for its reorganization. Once there, he sends a letter to Mazarin on […]
We can attest proof of wine growing in the region of Chablis since the high Middle Ages. The Cistercians, who founded the Abbey of Pontigny in 1114 and subsequently stood up a cellar called the Petit Pontigny in Chablis, developed the vineyard and made it prosper thanks, in particular, to the relatively close Parisian market […]
Because of its history and its timber forest logging for more than 300 years, the Bertranges national forest harbours natural treasures that we may discover walking the roads of that 7600 hectares forest.
The 2019 edition of the Saint-Vincent Tournante de Bourgogne took place this year in Vézelay on January 26 and 27.
It does not seem that during his life, Vincent had anything to do with wine or with the vine. More or less original hypotheses try to explain why he became the patron saint of winemakers.
For oenology lovers, the richness of the wine is above all the diversity of the different grape varieties, white or red, and the specificities of the regions where the grapes flourish. The appellations are the literal translation of this complex universe, which combines the contribution of the vine, the influence of the terroir and the work of the winemaker.
The first visuals of the educational and cultural project of the Cité des Vins of Bourgogne wines carried by the BIVB (Interprofessional Office of Burgundy Wines) have been unveiled.
