Beaune

Beaune
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Today was wet at the start, we walked to the office of tourism after breakfast, which was quite good- the usual cornflakes fruits, croissants and bread with ham & cheese plus coffee. We booked into a $ 62 euro Wine tour at 4;30. We then then walked around the city walls Batements in sprinkling rain. After we went into the Wine museum which was very interesting . , esp if you read French! After we had lunch back at the hotel because it was raining again I needed a toilet. After this we went to the hospices , Hotel dieu. This as really good but disappointing that we could not see the first floor. Lots of photos nevertheless. We arrived to our wine tasting tour only to find that the guide for whatever reason had cancelled . The woman at the tourist office was quite apologetic , we had a choice of tomorrow or book with another agent at a more expensive price. This we chose and we weren't really disappointed- it was very informative of the region, the faults ( geological) and resulting soil types - these produce d quite extensively different grapes . Notably the area is a Chardonnay and Pinot noir region on Beaune . We tasted some lovely whites and not so good ( in my opinion) reds. We bought 2 however 1 was 30euro + tax & the othe under 30 euro€+ tax. Came back to Beaune & had a nice 4 course meal at restaurant Dame Tartine .Read more