Wine caves
Maison Patriarche Père et Fils is one of the largest and oldest wine houses and merchant of Burgundy (Bourgogne) in France. More than 300 different wines are on sale here. They are located in the historic city of Beaune, which is actually the wine capital of the Bourgogne. Established in Beaune in 1780, in the 18th century at the Couvent de la Visitation, they age their fine Burgundy wines in the tranquility of their vaulted cellars or caves. When you're driving on the Route des Grand Crus (roughly translated: &quot;road of the great wines&quot;), they are a must see and taste, as a wine tasting of three white and nine reds are included. 

Patriarche has one of the largest wine cellars. It has a 5 km labyrinth of vaulted galleries, dating as far back as the 13th century, holding millions of bottles. 3 million to be precise. With the year 1904 as the oldest vintage in the cellars (a Beaune Villages AOC from 1904). Walking through the endless tunnels and caves under the city of Beaune is quite an experience and gives you a real sense of the tradition and pride of the wine industry in this region.

<i>Technical stuff</i>
This is an HRD consisting of 3 &quot;camera pressed-up against a heavy gate&quot; shots, with a bracketing series of -2, 0 and +2 stops. HDR-production was done with Photomatix v5 and post-production in PS CC. The later consisted of color toning, sharpening, cropping and adding the copyright sign (which is alas necessary due to the frequent coping of my photos without permission).

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