Beaune
Britishnoun
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a town in E France, near Dijon: an important trading centre for Burgundy wines. Pop: 21 923 (1999)
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a wine produced in this district
Example Sentences
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Located in France’s fabled Côte d’Or region, Beaune is Burgundy’s most important wine town.
For celebrated winemaker Véronique Drouhin, Beaune is something else: her hometown.
And though Drouhin simply acknowledged her own winery, I’ll do more than that: No trip to Beaune would be complete without a visit to the impressive historic cellars of Maison Joseph Drouhin.
The savory 2021 Seguin-Manuel Beaune “Champimonts” we tasted was particularly notable.
Previous vintages of Hospices de Beaune wines are sold in the shop.
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