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“I had tried some Burgundies, but nothing had made my socks roll up and down until I bought this bottle,” says Meadows, who has written a newsletter for 26 years about the region’s wines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Two years later, Laborde has opened what he says is the first alcohol-free wine store in a country renowned the world over for its Bordeaux red wines and white Burgundies.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022

While Ms. Wasserman drank her fair share of grand cru Burgundies, she adored the more modest regional and village wines, especially those from appellations that she felt were unloved or underappreciated.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Kurniawan soon became a wine world darling as restaurant owners, Hollywood producers and billionaire Bill Koch purchased from his collection of Burgundies.

From Salon • May 9, 2021

Also there is an unrivalled vintage of Roman�e-Conti, greatest of all modern Burgundies.

From The Grand Babylon Hotel by Bennett, Arnold