Top white burgundy for the festive season – and a few clones of it

Jancis Robinson

Friday 6 December 2002

Enough of value. A fig for a best buy. Here are some suggestions for truly sumptuous, luxurious, cosseting, celebratory wines. White wines this week, red wines next, some sweet and stronger suggestions for 21 December and a look at all that sparkles just in time for New Year's Eve.

White burgundy is the classic dry white wine for entertaining, whether it be in a three-star restaurant or round your dinner table at home. Alas however, the world of white burgundy is a jungle full of traps labelled with convincing names designed to lure you into buying an expensive disappointment.

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