On the gentle limestone slopes of eastern France, monks of the medieval abbeys tended vines through the centuries, mapping each parcel of soil and shaping the idea of terroir that endures to this day. From the dukes of Burgundy who prized these wines at their courts, through the upheavals of the Revolution and the Napoleonic inheritance laws that divided the great vineyards among many hands, the story follows how a quiet stretch of hillside became one of the most storied wine regions on earth, and what remains of it now.
