![]() Clos de Tart is located just up the tiny street from the little tasting room in Morey-St-Denis where I bought my maps. Mine arrived in less than a week.Ī little side note on Sylvain Pitiot…he is the manager of Clos de Tart, one of only five Monopole (single vineyard) Grand Crus in Burgundy. If you buy them in France, you save about $40 and can ship them through La Poste, the French postal service. ![]() ![]() They are packed in a secure tube for shipping. The map measures 18 x 24 inches, printed on heavyweight acid-free matte paper, which is suitable for framing. De Long’s France Metro Style Wine Map is a fantastic gift for novices, wine enthusiasts and wine experts. No wine producing country not even the great France can rival Italy in its vast diversity of wine styles, grape varieties and. They can be purchased at fine wine stores, on Amazon or through a few importers. The map offers more detail of major architectural landmarks and popular geographical destinations. Each village and plot boundary is shown, which provides you with a very accurate picture of the vineyards where your wine’s grapes were grown.Īs with the DeLong’s Grape Varietal Table that I wrote about a few weeks ago, these maps make the ultimate gift for a wine geek. Confused?Įach map is color coded by white and red grapes, with almost all white grapes being chardonnay and red being pinot noir, and each specific appellations. The left side of that map “connects” geographically to the right side of the bottom map, with the southernmost point of these two areas being on the left side of the bottom map. The top map, of the Cote de Nuits, has the northernmost point on the top right, which is just south of Dijon. The actual Burgundy region runs North to South, or vertically, but the maps are drawn horizontally. These maps were created by Sylvain Pitiot and Pierre Poupon and illustrated by Art et Cartographie. I have since had them framed in a simple, thin black frame and grace a wall adjacent to my office. I finally bought them last October in Morey-St-Denis, Burgundy. Includes detail maps of Bordeaux, Cte d'Or and Beaujolais as well as ajacent wine regions in Germany, Italy and Spain. We have created a one of a kind glimpse of the French terroir. The Maps of Burgundy by Sylvain Pitiot & Pierre Poupon, $90-$95 per 2 map set US, 39,95 Euros, FranceĪs I became more and more interested in the world of wine, I would always admire these wonderful maps of the vineyards of Burgundy. Unique, highly detailed map of the premier wine regions of France.
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