White Burgundy Wines
Burgundy is a widely spread but relatively small area covering Chablis just two hrs drive from Paris, The Cote D'Or which consists of
the Cote De Nuits and the Cote De Beaune , the Cote Chalonais,
and the Maconnais next to the Beaujolais which stretches almost down to Lyon.
There is some debate wether Beaujolais should be included in a Burgundy catalogue,
and for the purpose of wine production statistics it is left out.

The Wine Cave is the perfect place to buy fine white wines from arguably the best Chardonnay producing region in the World.
Any French white wine list would be incomplete without the likes of Chablis Chassagne Montrachet St Aubin, and many more besides. Most of the fine white wines are made with the Chardonnay grape apart from small parcels in the Haute Cotes which can be Aligoté and the town of Bouzeron in the Cote Chalonais which has its own appellation for Aligoté.

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Red Burgundy
There is nothing more exciting than travelling through the tiny villages with names of red wine and names of white wine from this noble, historic region. No information on the history of red wine is complete without mention of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy who in 1395 ordered that all the Gamay grapes in the region be ripped up and replaced with Pinot Noir. A decree that single handedly probably had the most influential effect on any wine making region in history. There is even a village named Gamay just above St Aubin . Gamay production moved south towards Lyon and today Pinot Noir is regarded as the King of grapes.
The list of red Burgundy wines is just as extensive as that of the white, but the styles differ quite considerably;
the Cote De Beaune red wines, south of Beaune, such as Pommard and Volnay tend to be a little more full bodied, more masculine than the delicate Cote de Nuits red wines such as Gevrey Chambertin . The Cote Chalonais offers probably the best value Burgundy wines in the region although quality and consistency is more difficult to find as the vineyards do not benefit from the limestone ridge that is so essential for the rest of the Cote D'Or.