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Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Aug 16, 2010
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First, a lesson in wine geography and nomenclature.

Readers familiar with the official A.O.C. system -- Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée -- that governs grape-growing and winemaking in France probably know that there are basic wines from Bordeaux that can be labeled as such and basic wines from Burgundy that can be labeled as Bourgogne. The same is not tr…

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