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unusual facts about Burgundy wine



Allen Meadows

By 2000 Meadows had left banking and launched the Burghound.com site which offers subscribers newsletters with reviews of Burgundy wine and California and Oregon Pinot noir wines.

Bodegas Faustino

The wines of Bodegas Faustino are presented usually in a frosted Burgundy style bottle with a label bearing a Rembrandt style portrait.

History of California wine

Frank Schoonmaker, a prominent journalist and wine writer of the 1950s and 1960s introduced the German idea of labeling wines using varietal (Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Riesling) rather than semi-generic names borrowed from famous European regions (Burgundy, Chablis, Rhine, etc.).

Investment wine

The most common wines purchased for investment include those from Bordeaux, Burgundy, cult wines from Europe and elsewhere, and Vintage port.


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