Burgundy

Clément, our 25-year old sommelier went into the cave containing over 25,000 bottles representing 850 different wines and started our meal with a Bourgogne Blanc Cuvée ML from the vineyard of Jean-Michel’s father Michel Lorain.We took our first sips with a velouté of asparagus topped with a quail egg. We finished it with foie gras [...]

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 La Cote-Saint-Jacques is perched above the Yonne River in Joigny in Northern Burgundy a gentle two-hour drive from Paris or 1 hour and 15 minute by train from Paris (Bercy.)

We pulled up in front of the entrance to La Cote Saint Jacques on the rue Faubourg Paris.  Lionel grabbed our bags and escorted [...]

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