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Pinot Noir
- The undisputed King of Burgundy, Pinot Noir has been documented in France since the Roman era, when these Italian conquerers spread across Europe leaving grapevines in their wake. Unlike Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay, this thin-skinned red doesn’t chug along producing quaffable wines every vintage and in every climate.
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Kingdom of Burgundy was a name given to various states located in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The historical Burgundy correlates with the border area of France and Switzerland and includes the major modern cities of Geneva and Lyon .
The Duchy of Burgundy ( / ˈbɜːrɡəndi /; Latin: Ducatus Burgundiae; French: Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire.
Gunther (died 437) was a Burgundian king who was the hero of medieval legends. The historical Gunther led the Burgundians across the Rhine in the early 5th century, establishing a kingdom at Worms. He supported the imperial usurper Jovinus (411) and fell in battle against the Huns in 437.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Guntram was a Merovingian king of Burgundy who strove to maintain a balance of power among his warring relations. Guntram received the kingdom of Orleans, including Burgundy in the quadripartite division of the lands of his father, Chlotar I, which took place on the king’s death in 561, and added.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 888 Rudolf I (died 912) of the German Welf family was recognized as king of Jurane Burgundy, including much of what is now Switzerland.
This part of the medieval Holy Roman Empire had traditionally been known as the ‘kingdom of Burgundy’, but by the thirteenth century it had become increasingly common to apply the term ‘Burgundy’ only to the northern part, and to refer to the regions from the Viennois southward as the ‘kingdom of Arles’, the ‘kingdom of Arles and Vienne’, or eve...
