Book Description

After a long period when Bordeaux was all the rage, the wines of Burgundy are now back in fashion, and the region's greatest names represent for many the ultimate in vinous hedonism. They are sought out with increasing difficulty as worldwide demand exceeds a finite supply. Prices fetched at the celebrated Hospices de Beaune wine auction seem to be set in a permanent upward spiral. Today a new generation of growers is responsible for this renewed interest, making Burgundies of purity that wipe away memories of the heavy, artificial products of the 1960s and 1970s. But how is the wine lover to know which are the best without being an expert? In Burgundy, James Turnbull provides the answers, with a list of 90 domains and negociants who produce the top wines. They have been selected on the basis of two simple criteria: the quality and consistency of their production, and ratings over the course of numerous comparative tastings.