You might drink some exceptional wine from a highly-prized and highly-priced vineyard in Burgundy. But if you're in the know or lucky, this vin might come labeled simply as "Bourgogne" and cost 10 euros instead of hundreds. The wine has been "declassified." Sold as something more generic and less valuable that what it really is. Government regulations in France and elsewhere stipulate how much can be produced and labeled from the most … [Read more...]
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