Fringe Events

Les Grands Jours « By Night » 

Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne also offers some wonderful evening entertainment. Discover the program and go to a conference, a dinner...

 

Tuesday 23/03 :  3 Voix pour 1 Vin  / Conference - Tasting


Wednesday 24/03 :  Bourgognes & Saveurs du Monde /  Prestige Dinner and the Grands Jours de Bourgogne Trophy awarded to the best journalist 





Thursday 25/03 : Grandes Maisons & Grands Crus  / Exceptional tasting and prestige Dinner 



Saturday 27/03 : Banée de Meursault  /  Lively dinner


Les Grands Jours « OFF »


Discover some of the private manifestations proposed next to the Grands Jours de Bourgogne program.

-« Les Grandes Rencontres de l’Alliance des Négociants en Chambre de Bourgogne »
The Alliance des Négociants en Chambre de Bourgogne will show selected Burgundies in the presence of the winegrowers, on Monday 22d of March, from 3.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. 
            Les Caves de l’Abbaye, rue Sylvestre Chauvelot/Boulevard Foch à Beaune (21200) 
            By invitation only - Information : Jeanne Marie de Champs - jeanne-marie@jmdechamps.com   

- Thanks to the success of the first edition in March 2008 for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the appellation, the syndicate has decided to create « La Paulée de Marsannay ». This great dinner will take place this year on March 23rd at Château de Marsannay from 7.30 pm. Cost per person is 70 €. 
           For registration please contact Mrs Fabienne Gaillard-Nicot at fabienne.hdv@free.fr  before Feb. 20th (reserved for professionals and amateurs belonging to officials tasting clubs).

- "2009 Jaffelin Burgundies discovery" (more information)
Tasting of 2009 Jaffelin Burgundies from casks in the 12th century cellars
From Tuesday 23rd of March, to Friday 26th of March, 10H-12H00 15H-18H00
Caves du Chapitre de Notre Dame (12 ème siècle), 2 rue Paradis à Beaune (21200) 
            Informations and registration : Nicolas COURTOIS - courtois.n@cva-beaune.fr  - + 33 (0)3.80.26.33.00 

- "Femmes et Vins de Bourgogne" » invite you to their first tasting « exception elles »: vintages in 8, on Thursday March 25th from 3 pm to 7 pm in Domaine Anne Gros at Vosne Romanée (GPS : lat : 47.1597975/Long : 4.9551662) (more information)
The Women in Burgundy Wine Association, which includes some 30 members of estates from all over Burgundy, has decided to celebrate Burgundy’s Wine-tasting Week by proposing a wine-tasting themed around the vintage years ending in 8.
This event is a first... A unique opportunity to discover another face of Burgundy. The Association which is based on values of solidarity and camaraderie has a supporting cast of 30 talented personalities managing their own vineyard estates in Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Mercurey, Rully, Meursault, Chablis …
Thursday 25th March is a big day for them –and for everybody else, an event not to be missed! 
            To register: www.fevb.net/registration  

- Muriel Deléger welcomes you to l'« Essence des Sens », the first tasting of Burgundy wines made exclusively of grapes from organic or bio-dynamic agriculture, on Thursday 25th March 2010, from 09.00 to 19.00 at Domaine Chapelle – Santenay (hamlet of Santenay le Haut).
Lectures at Château de la Crée at Santenay (hamlet of Santenay le Haut- close to Domaine Chapelle):
Bernard Hudelot, Scientist and Winegrower at Villars Fontaine -Bourgogne, presents « Wine and Health ».
Philippe Guigues (ECOCERT Organic Controller) presents the various labels and cahiers des charges for organic viticulture). (more information)
            Contact: Mme Muriel Deléger - muriel.deleger@lessence-des-sens.com  - www.lessence-des-sens.com  

- Exceptional tasting, organised by Maison Camille Giroud in Beaune, on Thursday 25th of March from 2 pm to 7 pm.
Presentation of the 2008 vintage and a beautiful selection of back vintages spanning several decades from the winery cellars. Reserved for professionals, by invitation only. 
            Information : Cristina OTEL - contact@camillegiroud.com - 03 80 22 12 65

- « Les Nuits au grand jour », Wine Exhibition of winemakers of Nuits-Saint-Georges on March 27th and 28th, at « les halles de Nuits-Saint-Georges » (21700 – in the heart of town) from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. : « Villages » and « Premiers Crus » of Nuits-Saint-Georges and also many other great wines of Burgundy presented by their producers. All wines presented will be available for sale during the exhibition. Entry fee: 10 € per person. (more information)
            Contacts: Mme Fabienne Gaillard-Nicot – fabienne.hdv@free.fr  – www.nuitsaugrandjour.com