BURGUNDY
- Бургундские вина
The name of the former province of France, and also the name of the wine made from various vineyards within the boundaries of the said former Burgundy province. There is both Red Burgundy and White Burgundy. The best Red Burgundy comes from the vineyards of the Cote d’Or. The best White Burgundy also comes from the Cote d’Or, but the quantity made is ever so much smaller than the Red. There are quite a number of different types and styles of both red and white wines made in Burgundy, but the name Burgundy has a strictly geographical meaning, at any rate in France. Elsewhere, more particularly in England, the name of Burgundy is sometimes used in a generic sense to designate a dark red wine of rather more than average alcoholic strength.
(Source: Wines and Liqueurs. From A to Z. A glossary by Andre L. Simon, The Wine and Food Society, 6 Little Russell Street London, WC1, 1935)
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