441: Chisa Bize Found a Family in Savigny-les-Beaune

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🗓️ 14 January 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Chisa Bize runs Domaine Simon Bize et Fils in Burgundy's Savigny-les-Beaune.

Chisa describes her own upbringing in Tokyo, and explains how a chance meeting with Patrick Bize led her to Burgundy, where she is now in charge of the Bize family domaine. Chisa details the differences between the various crus that Bize cultivates, and explains how her approach to farming has shifted over time. She also shares her thoughts on personal growth in response to some tough events.

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0:00.0	I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.
0:05.1	I'm Levy Dalton.
0:06.1	I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, 7i Lebone or 7i is one of the larger communes in the Kotabone.
0:33.0	It sits close to the middle of the Kotor
0:35.4	and it's at the northern end of the Koteabon.
0:37.8	Like so many villages in Burgundy,
0:39.8	it was founded by Romans
0:41.6	as a community along an important Roman road.
0:44.8	Over time, the vineyards came to be owned and cared for by various powers,
0:50.0	such as the Dukes of Borgonia, the Augustine monks, and the Knights of Malta.
0:55.6	A local saying that you may see scrawled about town is that the wines of Savinee are
1:00.9	nourishing, theological, and healthy.
1:03.8	Sort of like a little regional motto.
1:06.2	Savane Lebone got its AOC status in 1937,
1:09.8	and today it has 22 Premier Crucites, and it also boasts plenty of interesting Loue.
1:16.4	Several Klimat names reflect unique and charming historic facts about the region.
1:21.4	One of the Premier Cruise Sites,
1:23.0	Oh for no, is named after ancient kilns that have been found.
1:27.0	70 has two distinct areas of Premier Cruise Sites,
1:32.0	with Village's sites that flank the two groupings of Premier Crew.
1:35.0	One cluster of Premier Crew Vineyards faces south on the Boedanoelle and has red limestone and clay soils.
1:42.0	Just south of that that another cluster of Premier
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