So playing Bach at the Vezelay Church in Burgundy, it's a great wine region, one of the great cathedrals.

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Le French GourMay (until 31 May), and this year it is Burgundy in east-central France, one of the oldest wine growing regions in the country.

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While Chardonnay grew to fame as "white Burgundy, " Pinot Gris began turning up in odd corners of the wine world under murky aliases: In France alone, Pinot Gris is also known as Tokay d'Alsace, Pinot Beurot in Burgundy and Malvoisie in the Loire.

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