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liuzhou

liuzhou

50 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Sorry, the author's position is that it's fraudulent to call any wine Burgundy that's not from the Burgundy wine district of France.  


Why is that preposterous?

 

50 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I learned from Wikipedia that Burgundy can refer to an area from the low countries to the Mediterranean.


The Wikipedia (fount of all truth) entry that you learned from says that "Historically, "Burgundy" has referred to ... territory from the Mediterranean to the Low Countries." Historically. It certainly doesn't today, nor has it for a long time.

If you read on it says " Today, Burgundy is made up of the following old provinces: "

Not that I trust Wikipedia on anything.

liuzhou

liuzhou

48 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Sorry, the author's position is that it's fraudulent to call any wine Burgundy that's not from the Burgundy wine district of France.  


Why is that preposterous?

 

48 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I learned from Wikipedia that Burgundy can refer to an area from the low countries to the Mediterranean.


The Wikipedia (fount of all truth) entry that you learned from says that "Historically, "Burgundy" has referred to ... territory from the Mediterranean to the Low Countries." Historically. It certainly doesn't today, nor has it for a long time.

liuzhou

liuzhou

36 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Sorry, the author's position is that it's fraudulent to call any wine Burgundy that's not from the Burgundy wine district of France.  


Why is that preposterous?

 

46 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I learned from Wikipedia that Burgundy can refer to an area from the low countries to the Mediterranean.


The Wikipedia entry that you learned from says that "Historically, "Burgundy" has referred to ... territory from the Mediterranean to the Low Countries." Historically. It certainly doesn't today, nor has it for a long time.

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