Wine Festival in Beaune

I will introduce events are held during a wine festival in beaune. First of all, I introduce the most important event; an auction of wines. It is the most famous wine auction in the world. A lot of relatives of wine get together in this auction. If you have a lucky, you can see it. Wines which are put up for the auction are made by strict process. For example,buyers visit wine forms in winter. New wine trees are born in spring. People pick up grapes in fall.

People celebrate a mass at a church and thanks the god for ripe grapes. After it, people who wear folk costume or noble dress start to parade.

During this festival, there are a lot of stands sell various food in the town. Because they say that the Bourgogn is the delicious food’s region, I certain that you can enjoy eating foods as well. For example, hot red wine, boiled sausages, delicious cheese, bacon and so on. In especially, I recommend that you try to eat a piece of cheese is made of goat milk. You cannot eat it in Japan.

You can get opportunity of tasting wines. More than 500 special guests include peoples who get award are invited to festival. Some special guests bring some wines from their wine cellar, and wines flow like water. People can taste it.

There are other events. For example, a welcome ceremony of a wine knighthood, a performance of horns, clown performances, a puppet sow and so on. You can enjoy various events.