When in Burgundy, recently, we caught up with Patrice Rion, one of the Nuits-St.-George premier winemakers.  You can see our interview with him on the video segment.

For those of you who have attempted to navigate the roadways to Burgundy vintners, you know how challenging directions can be.  After kindly offering to see us on a Sunday and then becoming so lost that our GPS was confused, we called Patrice and he kindly guided us in after an errant stop at the Daniel Rion vineyards just up the street.  Just as we began our discussion with him, he had to briefly rush out to assist a neighbor  in extinguishing a small field fire.

Patrice worked in the family winery until 2000 when he and his lovely wife, Michele, moved down the road to begin their own business.  Now, some ten years later, they are producing wonderful modern style reds which are often approachable a few years after their release.