Leaving CDG on our Volvo wagon - a lucky free upgrade!
A small chateau on the way to Beaune
"Vignobles de Bourgogne" - we must be getting close! 
Our room in Beaune
Les Jardins de Lois
The "back yard"
Ours was the window on the left
The gang on the our first night
The gang with the owners, Philipe and Anne Marie
"Downtown" Beaune - we tasted wine here
Escargot!
The breakfast club
Scenes from Beaune
Kelly the photographer
The Market: Savon de Marsailles
Lorri wishes she bought some of these
I want to talk to you about cheeses...
and veggies
and fruit
The merchants
Porky Jambon
Lorri & Greg
The girls and Grand Vins de Bourgogne
"Coeur de boeuf" (beefsteak?) tomatoes
Let's go shopping now
Pub and Wine Bar, my kind of place, and Josie
Cool windows in a mansard roof
Skipper and Josie
Is that an angel with grapes? a saint?
Flowers everywhere
Lorri & Josie and a window
Tasting wine
All six of us in Beaune
Mini gargoyles
I think that sign says "Urban Center - Aim for Pedestrians, then Roll Over Them"
We had a great tasting at Joseph Drouhin
Love those 1er Crus!
Our new good buddy, Arnold.
The "Beaune Heads"
The goods
The Church
Where did everybody go?
Rest time
The caves at Les Jardins
Our hosts at Les Jardins are also wine producers
These caves are directly underneath the building where our rooms were.
We tasted and toured
low light photos.
Break time for the cook
Dinner time
Huge portions
There were light shows at several locations
Images were projected directly onto buildings
The images moved and morphed
Impossible to capture in a still photo
Next day: off to La Jura to see Greg's distant cousin
Françoise was her name
She is the matriarch of the family wine business
Her house
The automatic riddler for their sparkling wine
The little lady in the middle is Francoise's friend and translater
We toured the facility
Then we tasted
The vin jaune of La Jura is unique
We had a great lunch in a nearby town along with some local wines
and cheese
and dessert
at this place:
Then it was off to see the vineyards
The family owns vines in this area
The grapes were getting ripe - close to harvest time
Do you see some family resemblance?
On Friday, Lorri and I rented bikes and went vineyard touring
There is a great bike path that winds through the vineyards
it's used by cars too, but rarely
These vines produce some of the world's best wines. Just ask the French.
Old stone walls, ancient buildings, sore-butt bicyclists.
Notice the windy bike path
We made it as far as Meursault, about an hour south of Beaune
We relaxed and tasted at this place - very nice
The town square
heading back
we stopped in Volnay
We stopped and tasted here:
Reyane, the owner along with her husband Pascal, was our hostess
a very nice (free!) tasting
Though she knew we came on bicycles and weren't about to make a major purchase...
She was as sweet as could be.
Very proud of her wines (for good reason) and very generous
We bought three bottles and carried them back to Beaune in my backpack
After a long bike ride, it beer time!
Josie's new best friend
More Beaune Heads
Ma Cuisine
Apps! Love those escargot!
another 1er!
The chef!
The room
Saturday morning market in Beaune:
We stocked up, checked out and headed to Provence!