French Wine Region Bourgogne Should No Longer Be Translated To ‘Burgundy’

Bourgogne stands alone as France’s only wine region with a name translated into different languages. Everyone calls the Loire Valley the Loire Valley, for example. Bordeaux is Bordeaux. But Bourgogne is commonly referred to as “Burgundy” in English — there’s also “Burgund” in German and “Borgogna” in Italian.

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John

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