It’s not often we find a delicious Bordeaux at such an affordable price. At around $4 a glass,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
When white Bordeaux excels, it really excels, and this complex dry white from Château Climens is a knockout.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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Choosing our Wine of the Year wasn’t easy; we tasted a lot of great wines in 2024.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.
