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June 21st 2007
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« Fête de la musique »Beaune is known worldwide as the Capital of Burgundy wines, for its remarkable heritage of history and culture, for its gastronomy and fine dining. Beaune is also the heart of many events that warrant a visit to Le CEP**** in order to make the most of it!
Saturday mornings
- Grand Marché (Market Day) at Place des Halles and Avenue de La République, 200 m from the Hôtel
Wednesday mornings
- Marché Gourmand (Food Market) at Place des Halles.
JANUARY 2007
Saint Vincent TOURNANTE:
FEBRUARY and MARCH 2007
Antique
and Jumble Saleat Les Halles in Beaune
(Date varies – Please refer to Tourists’ Information for more details)
APRIL 2007
Easter in Beaune:
Kindly refer to the hotel for all special offers available.
April 27th to November 2007: Exhibition "La Moutarde, une valeur qui monte..."
at the Wine Museum - rue d'Enfer
information: 03.80.22.08.19 - laure.menetrier@mairie-beaune.fr
MAY 2007
Long weekends and Public holidays are idyllic for an “Escapade Gourmande” to Beaune and to enjoy the burgundies hospitality reserved to you by Le Cep!
JUNE 2007
June 21st 2007
:
« F
ête de la musique
»
June 21st 2007 :
« Concert Blues Rock » - at the Comédie du Vin (03.80.24.88.94)
June 21st 2007 : « Pique-Nique de l'Eté» - Place Carnot (l.gauthier5@libertysurf.fr)
JULY 2007
on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays:
25th International Baroque Music Festival
Venue: Hospices de Beaune and the Basilica “Notre Dame”
The 20thInternational Baroque Music festival was held in 2002
Created in 1983, the Festival of Beaune is one of Europe’s most prestigious baroque music festivals. It perpetuates the music tradition in the court of the dukes of Burgundy which is considered as one of the most spectacular and the most glamorous of the 15th century.
The artistic policy is inspired by these four principles:
A program focusing on the operas and the sacred baroque music without ruling out other repertories, the excellent rating of its productions, the reproductions and the broadcast of unpublished works based on the most recent researches by the musicologists and its policy in extending invitations to not only the most prestigious but also the youngest bandmaster of the new generation.
All famous bandmasters of the baroque music (Christie, Herreweghe...) have performed here and have appointed Beaune as the European capital of the baroque opera. Special events spread throughout July.
Kindly browse the festival’s website for more information: http://www.festivalbeaune.com
Please refer directly to Hotel Le Cep for all queries regarding accommodations at: resa@hotel-cep-beaune.com
July 14th 2007
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Grand Feu d’Artifice sur le Lac de Gigny (hameau de Beaune)
AUGUST 2007
July 27th to August 25th, 2007:
13th Festival Ciné RETRO:
Silent-movies Film Festival throughout the month with live musical background is held in the Chapel of Saint Etienne. www.festivalcineretro.com
SEPTEMBER 2007
September 8th to 16th 2007 :
« 7th Festival Jazz et Grands Vin
s de Bourgogne ».
www.jazzabeaune.com
September 15th 2007
:
« Journées du Patrimoine »
September 27th-29th 2007
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« Cuisines en fête» (
www.cuisinesenfete.com
)
OCTOBER 2007
October 20th and 21st, 2007
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Bread-Wine-Cheese Exposition
: The only occasion that gives the opportunity to taste a variety of bread, wine and cheese from all over France.
Venue : Les Halles de Beaune (market place)
NOVEMBER 2007
3rd weekend in November each year,
so from November 16th to 19th, 2007
The Wine Auction of the Hospices de Beaune
is the heart of a true “Rabelaisienne” feast in Burgundy.
Events included are exposition on burgundy wines and wine-growing equipment, wine-tasting...
It is more commonly known as “Les Trois Glorieuses de Bourgogne” and a chapter of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin is celebrated on the eve at the Chateau de Clos Vougeot. The “Paulée” of Meursault is celebrated on the following day after “Les Trois Glorieuses”.
Among all burgundies festivals, the wine auction is most celebrated and is the biggest charity sale in the world.
The auction dates back to 1859, a year where for the first time, 189 barrels of wine were auctioned and a sum of 19,247.50FF was collected. Ever since 1924, the auction is held unalterably on the third Sunday in November and has become a yearly affair for all professionals in the wine business.
As soon as the wine making process is terminated, the management of the Hospices determines the quantity that will be auctioned. Each vintage is divided in to lots depending on the abundance of the harvest.
The trend of the auction is to give an outline in orienting the market value of Burgundy wines. However, since it is a charity sale, the bids for the Grand crûs and the Premier crûs generally bypass the usual fixed rates.
The auction takes place on the Sunday afternoon in the “Halle du Marché” and it is chaired by different key figures each year. The town’s Mayor, the Administrator, the director of the Hospices are seated at the tribune reserved for officials.
Since 1931, the wine auction of the Hospices is conducted by the auctioneer where the old and lively tradition of auctioning “à la bougie” is preserved. The bidding time lasts to an equivalent of a burning time span of 2 wicks and not less than a 1000FF. In fact, it is the auctioneer himself who determines the duration of the wicks’ burning time span depending on the bids and it is mainly to maintain the tradition.
Different vintage is sold in turns and in lots according to the order where they are indicated in the catalog.
Buyers, merchants, restaurant owners and private visitors from all over the world who have succeeded in their bids during the auction are registered in the minutes that will be published in the sales results catalog.
All auctioned wines must be bottled in the traditional burgundies wine bottles and be labeled with labels given by the administration of the Hospices. Appearing on the labels are the “appellation”, the name of the vintage and the vintage year and the buyer must add his name and his address on it.
The charity sale ends with a sumptuous candlelit dinner in the mediaeval setting of the bastion of the Hotel Dieu.
Program for the weekend
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Saturday Evening
The Chapter of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
The Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin is the most illustrious and the liveliest of the bacchic society. Created in 1934 in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the confrérie promotes wines from Burgundy and is based at their head office in Chateau du Clos Vougeot, which has been restored by their confrérie itself and it is the venue for all prestigious chapters held all year round, resembling all members of different status and from different backgrounds from all over the world.
Sunday Afternoon
The Wine Auction of the Hospices of Beaune
Monday Noon Time
“La Paulée de Meursault”
Meursault
, “Capital of Great White wines of Burgundy” has resuscitated, before the last war took place, the tradition of having a meal that marks and celebrates the end of the harvest by uniting the winegrowers and the grape pickers together at the same table. The “Paulée de Meursault” is celebrated at noon time, on the Monday following the wine auction of the Hospices. Every guest is expected to bring a few bottles of his wine and in certain years, as many as 12 bottles per square meter. The form and the roundness of the burgundies bottles lighten up the table of this joyous meal.
Half Marathon of BEAUNE
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Is held on the Saturday of the wine auction of the Hospices and covers the vineyards around Beaune.
DECEMBER 2007
Kindly refer directly to Hotel Le CEP**** for further information on special offers for “Chistmas” and “New’Years Eve” at:
resa@hotel-cep-beaune.com
Information on events is subjected to change without prior notice.
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