On Burgundy - Introduced by Jasper Morris MW

On Burgundy is an anthology of Burgundy writing, edited by Susan Keevil and introduced by Jasper Morris MW.

Two grapes, two slopes and the hillsides behind them: the collection is arranged around the things Burgundy actually turns on, and the contributors are people who have given careers to it, among them Allen Meadows, Aubert de Villaine, Eric Asimov, Clive Coates MW and Tim Atkin MW. Chapters take on the questions that come up in every shop conversation — why the best bottles keep evolving in the glass, what biodynamics changed, how the frauds happened, and whether anyone on an ordinary income can still drink from the Côte. Jasper Morris MW describes the Burgundian character, not flatteringly.

For drinkers who have started buying Burgundy seriously and want the context the price lists leave out. It also answers the question people keep asking about why one village costs four times its neighbour, and it answers it from several directions at once.