Côte-Rôtie is a tiny appellation at the northern end of the northern Rhône Velley,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Among the great wines few wine drinkers will ever enjoy: the top white Burgundies,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Schioppettino is a fascinating red variety grown in a tiny corner of northeastern Italy.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
This fantastic, super fresh white from one of the northern Rhône’s top producers is so vivid,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
This is the first time I’ve ever written a Wine to Know that isn’t actually a wine.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
A. The medieval French word for a small village, similar to the Old English “burg”
B. A nomadic German tribe which once settled in the area
C. The Latin word Burgarius which was the name for a Roman province that once extended over most of central France
D. The name for early French rural governing bodies which were made up of noble councilmen who were known as Burrs
B.
The name Burgundy dates back to the 6th century when a barbaric, wandering Germanic tribe known as Burgondes established a settlement in central France after the fall of the Roman Empire. They called the region Burgundia. However, even before the region was named, grapes grew in Burgundy. The area’s first documented vineyard was planted in the village of Meursault in the first century A.D.
