DOWN TO EARTH BURGUNDY

Burgundy has been hailed as the most revered wine turf on earth - but is this just hype and clever French marketing? At a time when Australia and New Zealand are creating pinot noir and chardonnay on a higher level than ever, should we be bothered with Burgundy at all? Down to earth: Burgundy Vintage 2006 features reviews of twenty-five of the greatest domaines and 300 of their best wines, a hotlist of the top Bourgogne Rouge and Bourgogne Blanc of the vintage, a comprehensive 2006 vintage report, more than forty three-dimensional maps of the communes and vineyards of Burgundy, hundreds of full-colour photographs as well as a directory of Australian Burgundy retailers. Buy now.

Domaines featured: Jean-Marie Fourrier, Géantet-Pansiot, Armand Rousseau, Christian Sérafin, Ponsot, Ghislaine Barthod, Gorges Roumier, Comte Gorges de Vogüé, Hudelot-Noëllat, Jean Grivot, Méo-Camuzet, de la Romanée Conti, Nicolas Potel, Bonneau du Martray, Tollot-Beaut, Jean-Philippe Fichet, Henri Germain, Patrick Javillier, des Comtes Lafon, Louis Carillon, Leflaive, Etienne Sauzet, Michel Colin, Bernard Morey, Marc Colin