Editing Dijon (section)

==Culture==
Dijon holds its International and Gastronomic Fair every year in autumn. With over 500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors every year, it is one of the ten most important fairs in France. Dijon is also home, every three years, to the international flower show ''[[Florissimo]]''.

Dijon has numerous museums such as the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon]], the [[Musée Archéologique de Dijon|Musée Archéologique]], the Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne, the [[Musée d'art sacré de Dijon|Musée d'Art Sacré]], and the [[Musée Magnin]]. It also contains approximately 700 hectares of parks and [[Green belt|green space]], including the [[Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse]].

Dijon is home to the prominent contemporary art centre [[Le Consortium]], a fine-arts school (ENSA), as well as a number of art galleries like the [[Fonds régional d'art contemporain]], which holds a permanent collection including pieces by locally established artist [[Yan Pei-Ming]].

Apart from the numerous bars, which sometimes have live bands, some popular music venues in Dijon are : Le Zenith de Dijon, La Vapeur, l'Espace autogéré des Tanneries and l'Atheneum.

[[File:Maille Dijon Originale.jpg|thumb|100px|right|A jar of Dijon mustard]]

[[Dijon mustard]] originated in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted [[verjuice]], the acidic "green" juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for vinegar in the traditional mustard recipe.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jack E. Staub, Ellen Buchert|title=75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden  |publisher=Gibbs Smith|date=18 August 2008|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAMiGwoAfQ4C&pg=PA170|isbn=9781423608776 }}</ref> In general, mustards from Dijon today contain white wine rather than verjuice. Dijon mustard is not necessarily produced near Dijon, as the term is regarded as [[Genericized trademark|genericized]] under [[Law of the European Union|European Union law]], so that it cannot be registered for [[Protected Geographical Status|protected designation of origin]] status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l66044.htm |title=SCADPlus: Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin |work=Europa (web portal) |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310042208/http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l66044.htm |archive-date=10 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most Dijon mustard (brands such as [[Amora (mustard)|Amora]] or [[Maille (company)|Maille]]) is produced industrially and over 90% of mustard seed used in local production is imported, mainly from Canada. In 2008, Unilever closed its Amora mustard factory in Dijon. Dijon mustard shops sell exotic or unusually-flavoured mustard (fruit-flavoured, for example), often sold in decorative hand-painted ''[[faience]]'' (china) pots.

Burgundy is a world-famous wine growing region, and notable vineyards, such as [[Vosne-Romanée]] and [[Gevrey-Chambertin]], are within 20 minutes of the city center. The town's university boasts a renowned enology institute. The road from [[Santenay, Côte-d'Or|Santenay]] to Dijon is known as the "[[route des Grands Crus]]", where eight of the world's top ten most expensive wines are produced, according to Wine Searcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wine-searcher.com/most-expensive-wines |title=World's Top 50 Most Expensive Wines |publisher=Wine-Searcher |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=15 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215025824/http://www.wine-searcher.com/most-expensive-wines |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city is also well known for its ''[[crème de cassis]]'', or blackcurrant [[liqueur]], used in the drink known as "[[Kir (cocktail)|Kir]]", named after former mayor of Dijon [[canon (priest)|canon]] [[Félix Kir]], a mixture of crème de cassis with white wine, traditionally [[Bourgogne Aligoté AOC|Bourgogne Aligoté]].