Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

by Bianca Bosker

To be fair, in certain respects Burgundy is a much simpler region than others. With a few exceptions, Burgundy’s white wines are made from Chardonnay and its reds from Gamay or Pinot Noir, a fussy weakling of a grape that’s far more delicate and disease-prone than its happy-go-lucky cousin Cabernet Sauvignon. But that is where Burgundy’s simplicity ends.