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Here are some key dates in the long winegrowing history of Bourgogne, listed in chronological order.

• 312: <a title=”Eumenes’ Discourses” href=”http://www.burgundy-wines.fr/find-out-about/the-burgundy-region/history/500-ad-to-the-15th-century,84,116.html?”>Eumenes’ Discourses</a>: oldest known documented reference.

• 1115: <acronym>Clos</acronym> de Vougeot Château built by monks from Cîteaux.

• August 6, 1395: Duke Philip the Bold (1342-1404) publishes ordinance governing wine quality in Bourgogne.

• 1416: Edict of King Charles VI setting the boundaries of Bourgogne as a wine producing area (from Sens to Mâcon).

• November 11, 1719: Creation of the oldest mutual assistance organisation, the “Société de Saint Vincent” in Volnay.

• 1720: Champy, Bourgogne’s oldest merchant company was founded in Beaune and is still in business today.

• 1728: The first book devoted to the wines from Bourgogne, written by Father Claude Arnoux, is published in London.

• July 18, 1760: <a title=”Prince Conti” href=”http://www.burgundy-wines.fr/find-out-about/the-burgundy-region/history/17th-and-18th-centuries,84,117.html?”>Prince Conti</a> (1717-1776) acquires the “Domaine de La Romanée”, which now bears his name.

• 1789: French Revolution. Church-owned vineyards confiscated and auctioned off as national property.

• October 17, 1847: King Louis-Philippe grants the village of Gevrey the right to add its name to its most famous cru – Chambertin. Other villages were quick to follow suit.

• 1851: First auction of wines grown on the Hospices de Beaune estate.

• 1861: First classification of wines (of the Côte d’Or) by Beaune’s Agricultural Committee.

• June 15, 1875: <a title=”Phylloxera crisis” href=”http://www.burgundy-wines.fr/find-out-about/the-burgundy-region/history/17th-and-18th-centuries,84,117.html?”>Phylloxera</a> first detected in Bourgogne (at Mancey, Saône-et-Loire).

• 1900: Creation of the Beaune Oenological Station. April 30, 1923: Founding of La Chablisienne, Bourgogne’s first cooperative winery.

• April 29, 1930: A ruling handed down by the Dijon civil courts legally defines to the boundaries of wine-growing Bourgogne (administrative regions of Yonne, Côte-d’O, and Saône-et-Loire, plus the Villefranche-sur-Saône area in the Rhône).

• December 8, 1936: Morey-Saint-Denis becomes the first <a title=”Link AOC” href=”http://www.burgundy-wines.fr/find-out-about/and-their-wines/understanding-aocs,699.html?”>AOC</a> in Bourgogne.

• October 14, 1943: Creation of Premier <acronym>Cru</acronym> appellation category.

• October 17, 1975: Crémant de Bourgogne attains <acronym>AOC</acronym> status.

• Jully 17, 2006: Creation of Bourgogne’s 100th appellation: “Bourgogne Tonnerre”.

Source: http://www.burgundy-wines.fr/find-out-about/the-burgundy-region/history/burgundy_history,84,137.html

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