We've been cruising down the Saone River starting in Chalon-sur-Saone. The ship, Hermod on the Viking cruise line, is beautiful. Only her 6th voyage. Our first tour was of the city Beaune in the Burgundy wine region. We visited small (Daddy, I mean very small by our standards). Some plots are only a few acres. The vines are very small (short) and are meticulously tended. Very back breaking work. They are only trellised 18-24" high And very rocky soil. We were able to do a wine tasting in Beaune too. Boy do the French take their wine tasting seriously. Somehow they make wine tasting, describing the subtle flavors of each wine, sound so romantic. I can't always find the same earthy or fruity or lemon or grassy flavors that they describe, but it was a lot
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