DOMAINE CHANZY PRESS

BERGMEN'S BOURGOGNE

They were looking for a restaurant, but ended up buying a wine estate. In 1974 Catherine and Daniel Chanzy came to Bouzeron at the top of the Côte Chalonnaise. Things did not quite work out as planned and they soon found themselves owning eight hectares of vines.

Today Domaine Chanzy covers 35 hectares. The domaine has expanded into both the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits, and the second generation – Anne-Sophie and Olivier Chanzy – has joined in with their parents.

Bouzeron is a small village 20 kilometres southwest of Beaune and 21 kilometres northwest of Chalon-sur-Saône. Around 150 people live here where the aligoté grape is king. In 1997 Bouzeron got its own village appellation and this is the only one in France for the aligoté...........