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Shopping in Burgundy can be a delicious endeavor: With about 4,000 wineries and a dozen distilleries, wine and liqueur are Burgundy's specialties. But the region also produces fabulous chocolate, mustard, gingerbread, honey, cheeses (particularly Époisses and chèvre), and the famous aniseed candies of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain.
Once you've had your fill of edible souvenirs, seek out the region's many artists and artisans. Burgundy is home to a talented population of potters and ceramists who create both traditional housewares (as do Florence Gonin and Wulf Rohland of Poterie de Bruant) and original artwork (Catherine Vanier). The region also is home to one of the world's great glassmaking teams, Annette Meech and Christopher Williams of Glasshouse de Sivignon.If the region's many historical sites inspire you to redecorate, you'll find plenty of French country antiques, vintage books, and objets d'art. Many villages, and most towns and cities, host lively outdoor markets at least once a week, plus occasional flea markets, where you can buy everything from clothing and kitchen items to grandfather clocks, local foods, wine, and artwork.
At the Abbaye de Flavigny, candy-maker Catherine Troubat and her staff of specialists carry on the centuries-old tradition of making aniseed bonbons. As the...more
Based in the village of Bissy-sur-Fley, in the scenic Côte Chalonnaise wine country of southern Burgundy, Catherine Vanier is a distinguished ceramist who...more
Insiders with a sweet tooth know to seek out Bernard Dufoux, considered one of France's top ten chocolatiers, in far-flung La Clayette in southwest Burgundy....more
In the 1990s, this medieval village 10 miles east of Tournus in southern Burgundy was semi-abandoned and filled with empty storefronts. To revitalize their...more
Gingerbread (pain d'épice) is a specialty of Dijon, and connoisseurs agree that family-run Mulot & Petitjean, founded in 1796, bakes some of the...more
Since 1999, English glass artists Annette Meech and Christopher Williams have been working out of a farmstead in Sivignon, an isolated hillside village about...more
This vast, multilevel bookstore near the Hospices de Beaune stocks thousands of volumes on wine, Burgundian food, history, entertaining, and more. You'll also...more
In operation since 1840, the family-operated Fallot factory is the only mustard mill that still uses Burgundian mustard seed (most producers source their seeds...more
Potters Florence Gonin and Wulf Rohland—she Parisian, he German—are bona fide artists who appreciate the beauty of kitchenware and enjoy knowing...more
Caves des Cordeliers, located beneath a 13th-century convent, is extravagantly touristy, but it's worth a visit for the slightly kitsch but entertaining...more
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