For B&R, Beaune has become the physical embodiment of a perfect spiritual partner. Over the years, we have planted our roots here little by little, with at least a few dozen semi-nomads from the B&R clan settling down here permanently over the years.

Of these transplants, no tale is more fitting than that of David Butterfield, son of founders George and Martha. It goes a little something like this: a Canadian boy walks into a bar, catches the eye of Juliette, a beautiful French oenologist. So the story goes: David and Juliette fall in love, get married, and have children; and he stays on to take on the town’s ancient and venerable profession—winemaking.

In the same vein, we, too, have made our mark on Beaune. George and Martha learned, years ago, that if you show Beaune the love and respect it deserves, it will love you right back. Consummating their romance with the town, they purchased a derelict-but-pedigreed stone house in 1990 known as the Bastion Ste. Anne. Built into the 17th c. rampart wall that surrounds Beaune, this secret paradise is a classified historic French monument, one that would normally never be offered for sale to a non-local. But the people of Beaune understand that love is a two-way street, and they know that Butterfield & Robinson is here to stay.

Beaune is a place that hardly changes. A place of age-old tradition. The ideal spot, as George might say, to slow down to see the world. As such, it isn’t just a town you travel to once, ticking it off your list of destinations where you’ve been there, done that. Once you get here, riding through the most prestigious vineyards in the world, sailing down the Côte d’Or on a bike, you, too, will feel the magic of Burgundy. Here you’ll find, as we have, a place you’ll want to return to time and time again. Burgundy is a place we’re proud to call home, and we welcome you here with open arms—perhaps to fall in love with it too, just as we did so many years ago.