The Canal du Centre, originally known as the Canal du Charollais, is a French canal running from Digoin, where it now joins the Canal latéral à la Loire, to the Saône at Chalon-sur-Saône. It was opene
Côte Chalonnaise is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region of France. Côte Chalonnaise lies to the south of the Côte d'Or continuing the same geology southward. It is still in the main area of Burgun
The Côte Chalonnaise region
Chalon-sur-Saône in the Côte Chalonnaise was an important trading centre for Roman wine shipped up the river Saône in amphorae like these.
Harvesting Pinot noir grapes in the Côte Chalonnaise
A bottle of Mercurey wine from one of the négociants in the Côte Chalonnaise