The Côte de Beaune area lies at the southern end of the Côte d'Or, the main area of Burgundy wine production. It lies at the western edge of the plain of the valley of the river Saône, around the town of Beaune. To the north is the Côte de Nuits and to the south, on the other side of the River Dheune, lies the Côte Chalonnaise.

The Côte de Beaune's wine-producing communes are from the north, Pernand-Vergelesses, Ladoix-Serrigny, Aloxe-Corton, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Saint Romain, Monthélie, Auxey-Duresses, Meursault, Saint Aubin, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay.

"There are no shortcuts to understanding the region of Burgundy.... If you want to become a Burgundy expert, be prepared to memorize 1,000 names, take a course in French pronunciation and expect to get lost in a maze of appellations (officially delineated wine zones). In addition, get ready to part with a good chunk of change—Burgundy wines are expensive. It is like buying designer wine, you pay for the name. And the smaller the appellation within burgundy, the rarer the wine and the higher the cost" ^*.

See also

• French wine
• Globalization of wine

External links

• The place of the Côte de Beaune in the wine geography of Burgundy.
• Details of the vineyards within the Côte de Beaune.

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