Common values

OBSERVATION, LISTENING, SHARING, TRUST, SUCCESS

The team is the strength

Our team's knowledge is enriched by the combination of our different experiences and sensibilities, and by the constant exchange of ideas. A know-how that we share with you on a daily basis through a complete and precise service.

After graduating in food processing in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kyriakos moved to Dijon in 1982 to specialize in oenology. After obtaining a diploma in oenology in 1985, a DEA at ENSBANA in 1986 and enrolling for a thesis, he fell under the spell of Burgundy, where he has remained ever since!

At the head of the SGS Œnologie Laboratory since 1988, he has been one of the key players in Burgundy's qualitative revolution: he initiated a new approach to winemaking red wines and revived the techniques of yesteryear for ageingwhite wines. Since 1995, he has traveled the world sharing his expertise and know-how. In 2006, he fulfilled one of his dreams by becoming the owner of Laboratoire BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE.

kyriakos.kynigopoulos@burgundia.fr

Kyriakos Kynigopoulos

Director et consulting oenologist

It was through his Burgundian ties to winemaking grandparents that Laurent developed his scientific career. After graduating as an oenologist from Dijon in 1988, he joined J.C. BOISSET as laboratory quality manager. There, he learned the rigors of analysis and monitored wine ageing. In 1993, he joined another négociant company and entrusted his analyses to Laboratoire SGS.

It was here that he met up with Kyriakos again, and in 2002 decided to put his skills at the service of BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE and winegrowers in their quest for progress.

laurent.michelet@burgundia.fr

Laurent Michelet

Consulting œnologist

Agronomist and oenologist graduated from Montpellier SupAgro, Pierre started out in northern Italy, with a grape variety close to Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo. He then turned his attention to viticulture, developing management systems adapted to vineyards on very steep slopes. Convinced that wine is first and foremost made in the vineyard, he retained this agronomic fibre on his return to France, and became involved in oenological consulting in the Côtes du Rhône, Cahors and Mediterranean regions.

In 2007, he moved to Burgundy, before joining BURGUNDIA ŒNOLOGIE in 2013. In the field, he is appreciated for his sensitivity and ability to listen, and strives to distill that touch of Burgundian spirit into his winemaking, while keeping abreast of the latest oenological advances.

pierre.fonteneau@burgundia.fr

Pierre Fonteneau

Consulting œnologist

After training in the vineyards of Pessac-Léognan and Graves, Laurie graduated as a Bordeaux oenologist in 2020. Curious to discover other terroirs and grape varieties, she took on the job of assistant cellar master at a Côtes du Roussillon estate, where she was responsible for vinification of the vintage.

Steeped in the latest knowledge and techniques in oenology, Laurie chose Burgundy and the profession of consultant oenologist when she joined the BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE team in March 2021.

laurie.vincent@burgundia.fr

Laurie Vincent

Consulting œnologist

Graduated from a DUT in Chemistry in 2000, Aurélie began her career as a technician in Beaujolais, before joining the BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE team in 2001. With twenty years' experience behind her, she became Technical Manager, in charge of developing new analysis.

Since her arrival, Aurélie has been trained in quality and is now responsible for setting up and monitoring BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE's COFRAC quality system.

aurelie.auclair@burgundia.fr

Aurélie Auclair

Technical Manager and Quality Manager of the laboratory

Graduating with a BTS in Bioanalysis and Control in 2016, Pauline got her start in a laboratory in the Mâconnais region, before joining BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE in 2018.

She is in charge of daily analyses, and participates in the development of new analytical techniques. Pauline is also the laboratory's quality deputy.

pauline.diochon@burgundia.fr

Pauline Barthelemy

Analyst

Graduating with a DUT in Biology Engineering in 2014, Océane started out in an oenology laboratory in Burgundy. She joined the BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE team in 2022 to carry out daily analyses.

Océane participates in the development of new analysis methods and monitors the quality system, in particular through inter-comparison circuits.

oceane.dacosta@burgundia.fr

Océane Da Costa

Analyst

After graduating from the BTS Gestion Compatibilité in Beaune in 2000, Emilie worked as an accountant for a major Burgundy wine merchant before joining the BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE laboratory team in 2006.

Emilie's role is to receive customers and register their samples, in addition to her role as secretary-accountant.

emilie.jobard@burgundia.fr

Emilie Tailliart

Secretary-accountant

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PARTNERSHIP AS THE KEY TO OUR KNOW-HOW.

Collaboration

Since 1988, BURGUNDIA ŒNOLOGIE team accompagnies you in every step of elaboration of your wines. Together, let us reveal your wines in the finest expression.

Fiability

Accredited since 1993, the laboratory puts in place the necessary means to obtain reliable results, with one objective: to analyze quickly so that you can act at the right time!

Common philosophy

High precision scientific skills at the service of winegrowers.

Established in Burgundy for more than 30 years, BURGUNDIA OENOLOGY Laboratory has been both an actor and a witness in the viticultural and winemaking developments of our region.

This unique experience has given us an intimate knowledge of our grape varieties, our terroirs and the Burgundian vintages.

Every day, by taking inspiration from current research, but above all by exchanging with winemakers in France and around the world, we continue to enrich our oenological vision.

In this philosophy of accompaniment, the analysis is presented as a decision-making tool, a tool of precision, which helps us to bring you a personalized service: specific to each winemaker, and to each vintage.

It is by combining know-how, knowledge, exchanges, analyses and tastings that we can, together, reveal the unique character of your wines.

Our expertise and our reputation have open the doors of other vineyards in France and a dozen other countries around the world.

Since 1988...

BURGUNDIA ŒNOLOGIE history is intimately linked to Kyriakos Kynigopoulos career.

Etablished in Beaune since 1985, he has followed and participated in the evolution of vinicultural Burgundy, combining traditional and modern methods. He has brought a fresh eye and a new approach to winemaking and ageing. To put his stamp on this new philosophy, and to further enhance the value of the terroirs he encounters, Kyriakos developed BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE in 2006.

Today, our team is composed of 12 collaborators based in Beaune and Chablis, in order to propose a unique accompaniment, at each stage of the wine life.

1972

Creation of Bourgogne Service Vin (BSV), which became FILAB in 1986, then SGS Œnologie in 1989.

1985

Kyriakos Kynigopoulos started to work for the laboratory as consultant oenologist.

1988

Kyriakos takes over the management of the laboratory in Beaune, to develop his consultant activity.

1993

The laboratory obtains the COFRAC accreditation.

1995

Our oenology consulting activity is developing internationally, with a fisrt mission in Californie in January 1995.

January 2006

Kyriakos becomes owner of SGS Œnologie Laboratory, which take the name of BURGUNDIA OENOLOGIE.

2006

BURGUNDIA ŒNOLOGIE team created the Exelcia range of oenological products, with the idea of offering Burgundy and the world of wine appropriate tools.

2009

Construction of the new building begins: a spacious, modern laboratory equipped with the latest analytical technologies.

July 2010

Inauguration of our new laboratory on rue Buffon in Beaune, in the presence of Guillaume d'Angerville and the town's mayor.

June 2021

BURGUNDIA ŒNOLOGIE joins forces with the LESIMPLE laboratory in Chablis to offer a second site in Burgundy, closer to the Chablis, Sancerre and Yonne vineyards.

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