France's wine-making region of Champagne and a part of Burgundy have been granted "world heritage status" by the United Nations, giving a boost to the country's drive to encourage tourism and revive ...

Burgundy is one of the least progressive wine regions in the world, for better and worse. But even there, one old husband’s tale is finally being laid to rest. To say that women have been discouraged ...

Two ideal canal boat trips in Burgundy, along the Canal de Bourgogne and Canal du Nivernais, suggested by our expert Giles Milton. Burgundy is bisected by two canals – the Canal de Bourgogne and the ...

My favorite corner of France is Burgundy, a region overflowing with edible, drinkable, scenic, and floatable delights. Its rolling hills and a handful of sleepy villages have given birth to the ...

Visiting Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, the ‘Golden Slope’ of legendary vineyards, is easy. Dijon, the city at the heart of the area, is just 90 minutes by train from Paris. Maybe that’s why so few wine-lovers ...

As Paris hosts major events around the new Art Basel fair in October, RFI travelled to Burgundy to meet the team behind Terra, a monumental series of three exhibitions inviting artists from across the ...

DIJON, France – “Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?” Inside a crowded mustard shop in the Burgundy town where the famous brand of Dijon mustard was invented in 1866, I couldn’t resist ...

France’s Burgundy winemakers agree on one thing: 2021 was about as catastrophic a year as any of them can remember. It was in April that disaster struck. Even as the delicate buds of their vines were ...

The 900-year-old Château du Clos de Vougeot in the heart of Burgundy is generally a courtly sort of place, the kind that puts ...