We walked through Dijon and visited a local mustard shop on the way to lunch at the Gril Laure Restaurant. Lunch started with a Brouilly Beaujolais wine. We ate lamb with tomato and potatoes. Dessert was the best crème brulee that I had while I was over there. After lunch we got back on the bus and drove around through wine country some more. We stopped at Clos de Vougeot, where we watched a slide show and learned a little about the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, a society that portrays the heart and soul of the Burgundian wine industry. They hold their annual ball at the Clos Vougeot Chateau.
When we walked outside Clos Vougeot, we could see the workers pruning the vines out in the vineyard.
After Clos de Vougeot, we went to a winery in Pommard, the Caveau Meursault. The house is actually historical, once belonging to the doctor of Phillip the Bold. We toured the bottling facility as well as the cellars. There were so man bottles in the cellar, over 650,000. When we came up from the cellars we went into another room set up for a tasting. We tried two wines and I ended up buying the first one. First we had a 1998 Volnay, a very light, smooth red wine. It was lightly acidic and not very fruity. After the Volnay we tried a Beaune from 1990. It smelled so much like cheese that I was pretty turned off by it whenever it got close to my nose, not my favorite wine so far. It tasted fruitier than the first with more berry flavors.
After the tasting we all got back on the bus to go back to the hotel for dinner. Dinner started with a salad with julienne vegetables. It was good, but what came next was amazing. Next we had some chicken with mushrooms, greenbeans and a tomato. It was covered in a delicious white wine, chicken broth, and mushroom sauce. Cheeses were Brie and Camenbert again. Dessert was a wonderful sorbet sampler with strawberry, pear and cassis sorbet.
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