Bourgogne comes to Hong Kong
The seventh instalment of the Bourgogne Wines Club, hosted by the BIVB in Hong Kong earlier this week, saw a group of sommeliers blind taste 8 Chablis Premier Cru wines and assign Left or Right Bank to each.
The aftermath of the two world wars and a severe frost left Chablis with just 550 hectares of vines in the 1950’s. This most northern region of Bourgogne now has 5,400 hectares planted within a delimited zone of 6,500 hectares. 2014 saw 40 million bottles produced, accounting for 20% of Bourgogne’s production, with 65% exported.
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