In theory, the lowliest grand cru or even village...

December 08 2010

In theory, the lowliest grand cru or even village wine should always be better than the best Bourgogne. But the hierarchy is simply a measure of potential. In practice, the rule in Burgundy and just about everywhere else is producer, producer, producer.

—Alluring Burgundies in Low Places by Eric Asimov in The New York Times

(Source: The New York Times)

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