Here are some key dates in the long winegrowing history of Bourgogne, listed in
chronological order:
312 Eumenesis Discourses: oldest known documented reference
1395 Duke Philip the Bold publishes ordinance governing wine quality in Bourgogne
1416: Edict of King Charles setting the boundaries of Bourgogne as a wine producing wine area
1760 Prince Conti acquires the "Domaine de La Romanée", which now bears his name.
1789 French Revolution. Church-owned vineyards confiscated and auctioned off as national property
1847 King Louis-Philippe grants the village of Gevrey the right to add its name to its most famous cru Chambertin. Other villages were quick to follow.
1851 First auction of wines grown on the Hospices de Beaune estate
1861 First classification of wines by Beaune's Agricultural Committee
1875 Phylloxera first detected in Bourgogne
1936 Morey-Saint-Denis becomes the first AOC in Bourgogne
1975 Appellation of Crémant de Bourgogne is born
by courtesy: BIVB
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