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“I need to check the cellar real quick,” he thought to himself, and headed to the Burgundies.

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

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

In the Côtes de Nuits, the prime source for great red Burgundies, the 2000, 2007, 2014 and 2017 vintages were generally rated lower than 2005, 2009 and 2015.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021

A small force was levied for him within the Netherlands, and he started for Paris where he hoped to meet contingents from the two Burgundies and his brother peers of France with their own troops.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth