Hello everyone, I am french and burgundyman and if I know it is not the next door, I organize a 3 days golf tournament in Burgundy in may.
The program? Very simple: wines, golf, gastronomy
It is for serious golfers, serious wine lovers...
About the Prizes? The best of the best...

http://www.golfetbourgogne.com

I think it is the next door.

Jean Eric:
Welcome to the Wine Spectator boards. There are several people here who enjoy golf and wine.
I was in Burgundy for a week in 2003 in June, but actually, I don't remember even seeing a golf course.
Quels sont les noms des cours de golf?

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Originally posted by irwin:
Jean Eric:
Welcome to the Wine Spectator boards. There are several people here who enjoy golf and wine.
I was in Burgundy for a week in 2003 in June, but actually, I don't remember even seeing a golf course.
Quels sont les noms des cours de golf?

Hello,

I am glad to read some french words here and meet some Burgundy (french?) lovers...
There are several golf courses around Beaune.
Dijon Norges Golf course
Dijon Quetigny Golf course
Beaune Levernois Golf course (I am a member)
Chailly Golf Course
Chalon La Roseraie Golf course
Chateau d'Avoise Golf course
A bit far, Macon la Salle Golf course

They are close to Beaune (where I live), about 30/60 min.
Of course,they are completely different than in USA, but they are interesting and more: you don't wait! It's not necessary to use a cart...

To be more precise:

2 golf courses at Dijon (35 km from Beaune)
1 golf course at Châlon (28 km from Beaune)
1 golf course at Chateau de Chailly (35 km from Beaune)
1 golf course at Autun (45 km from Beaune)
1 golf course at Chateau d'Avoise (60 km from Beaune)
1 golf course at Levernois (2 minutes from Beaune downtown -ie centre ville-, I can play every day after working 8 months a year)
1 golf course at Macon ( 70 km from Beaune in the direction of Lyon).
You know, The "raw" Burgundy is small: "Côte de Nuit" (Fixin to Beaune= 30 km) Côte de Beaune (Beaune to Santenay= 18 km) That's all.

I notice in this forum a lot of specialists about wines, it is very interesting to read topics but for me it makes me funny because in general they talk about wines I find "in the street" and I drink, not every day, but ... very frequently, very strange. Well, I am lucky!

chateau de Chailly golf course : here
(nice insn't it?)
and more here

Burgundy offers what a wine lover golfer dreams about...

Thanks for the links.

tres jolie.
N'est-il pas difficile de jouer le golf après une soirée au restaurant Lameloise la nuit avant?
Magnifique!

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Originally posted by irwin:
tres jolie.
N'est-il pas difficile de jouer le golf après une soirée au restaurant Lameloise la nuit avant?
Magnifique!

As we say in France: "impossible is not...french" (in fact, I think it's not really true...), well, if you drink the whole Lameloise cellar, you may have some... putting problems!

Jean Eric:
Enough talking about golf.
You are our only Frenchman here. Can you tell us what we can expect in the next few years from the Burgundy region?

Only frenchman here? I can't believe that! Where are the others?
I am not sure to understand your question about Burgundy. What do you mean?
If it is about wine, the answer will be very simple: wines, here, will be more and more better. It is not chauvinism, it's because winemakers understood that they have to fight against, for example, what we call here "wines from the New World". In the same time, a "Montrachet" or a "La Tâche" would never have any equivalent around the world, even if a Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti will ever be different than a Montrachet "Marquis de Laguiche" from Joseph Drouhin. In this case, the ground is the same but the winemaker is different.
Wines like Musigny (Le Musigny), Montrachet, La Tâche, etc. are unique because of the ground, the "terroir" as we say here.
Domains in the "Hautes Côtes" (Beaune or Nuits) are going to die (my opinion) because what they produce is completely inadequate (quality and price) with what you can find everywhere.
A thing that is not going to change is the fact that Pinot noir will remain Pinot noir, I mean with no wood "added" or (too much) woody taste. Never!
Another tendency is to make "brand" wines. Example, a friend of mine, from Meursault, made for the first time in Burgundy an "assemblage" of 7 "climats" Pinot Noir from Burgundy: Gevrey Chambertain, Santenay, Pommard, Chorey les Beaune... The name of his wine?
Very easy: " Pinot Noir "!
I tasted it, fabulous! The price? Peanuts...

I don't know if this much answer your question?

This is an excellent response.
Our problem here in Les Etats-Unis with the wines of Burgundy is that they are tres cher. You can't get anything really good for less than $25-30. Of course, since one Euro = $1.20 or so, that makes it worse for us.

I was on a cruise on a small boat on the canal du centre in the summer of 2003. Wonderful trip. Saw Beaune, Dijon, Chagny, and the winery of Jacques Prieur,Clos de Vougeot et les autres.

The production is small there, and therefore not much is exported to the US.

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Originally posted by irwin:
This is an excellent response.
Our problem here in Les Etats-Unis with the wines of Burgundy is that they are tres cher. You can't get anything really good for less than $25-30. Of course, since one Euro = $1.20 or so, that makes it worse for us.

I was on a cruise on a small boat on the canal du centre in the summer of 2003. Wonderful trip. Saw Beaune, Dijon, Chagny, and the winery of Jacques Prieur,Clos de Vougeot et les autres.

The production is small there, and therefore not much is exported to the US.

Well, for every day, a simple passetougrain or Hautes Côtes de Beaune is around 6 euros. I am talking about a real good "little" wine.
I have a lot of things to say about quality in Burgundy... Because sometimes it really is sh..t!

A gift, who I am and a dream in a bottle (a big one ) : here
The millesime: 1979

Jean Eric

Je pense que tu devrais venir a Toronto/Montreal pour un 'Offline' avec ta bouteille de 1979.

al, you can teach him how say fee-LOW.

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Originally posted by oakville_al:
Jean Eric

Je pense que tu devrais venir a Toronto/Montreal pour un 'Offline' avec ta bouteille de 1979.

Hum... Elle est vide depuis longtemps! Et comme on dit en France, c'était: "le petit Jésus en culotte de velours"
In english: "It was little Jesus in velvet short"