[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":414},["ShallowReactive",2],{"journal-en-top-things-burgundy":3,"journal-related-en":299},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":284,"description":285,"draft":286,"extension":287,"image":288,"meta":289,"navigation":290,"noindex":286,"ogImage":291,"path":292,"publishedAt":293,"readTime":294,"seasonal":286,"seo":295,"seoDescription":291,"seoTitle":291,"sourceLocale":296,"stem":297,"translationKey":26,"updatedAt":293,"__hash__":298},"content_en\u002Fjournal\u002Ftop-things-burgundy.md","The Essential Burgundy: Wine, Villages, and Hidden Treasures",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":271},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,28,33,36,52,56,70,82,87,91,94,126,131,135,142,146,157,161,164,178,183,198,202,205,235,239,242,259,264,268],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"the-essential-burgundy","The Essential Burgundy",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Just two hours from Paris, Burgundy unfolds like a novel you never want to finish, each chapter a different village, a different vineyard, a different reason to stay another day. This is a region that rewards the unhurried traveller: the one who lingers over a glass of Pinot Noir, who follows a lane simply because it curves invitingly, who understands that the best discoveries are rarely the ones you planned.",[15,19,20],{},"Here is where we would send you.",[15,22,23],{},[24,25],"img",{"alt":26,"src":27},"top-things-burgundy","\u002Fjournal\u002Ftop-things-burgundy-2.jpg",[29,30,32],"h2",{"id":31},"beaune-the-wine-capital","Beaune, the wine capital",[15,34,35],{},"Beaune is the beating heart of Burgundy's wine culture, cobblestoned, compact, and endlessly rewarding. The fifteenth-century Hospices, with their famous polychrome roof tiles, are worth the visit alone. But it is the cellars beneath the town that truly define the place.",[15,37,38,39,43,44,47,48,51],{},"Wander the Saturday market for local cheeses and charcuterie. Visit the ",[40,41,42],"em",{},"Moutarderie Fallot"," to see mustard made the old way. 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And do not overlook the ",[78,79,80],"strong",{},"Route Touristique du Vignoble de l'Yonne",", further north, less famous, perhaps, but no less beautiful.",[15,83,84],{},[24,85],{"alt":26,"src":86},"\u002Fjournal\u002Ftop-things-burgundy-3.jpg",[29,88,90],{"id":89},"eating-like-a-burgundian","Eating like a Burgundian",[15,92,93],{},"The cuisine here is rich, honest, and made for sharing over a long table. 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Burgundy unfolds in every direction, medieval towns, Gothic cathedrals, vineyard roads that wind through some of the most storied wine country in France, and none of it requires more than a couple of hours in the car. 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