Meanderings is a travel column by Mindy Stern, a Mercer Island resident whose essays can be found at www.mindysternauthor.com.

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The underdog grape of Burgundy, Aligoté yields light-bodied wines with citrusy notes. This cuvée from Domaine Goisot comes from vines planted in soils rich with fossilized oyster shells and ...

While speaking to a Margaret River winemaker recently, our discussion turned to white wines made from the ubiquitous Sauvignon Blanc grape variety. His immediate response was to refer to this ...

2022 Agnes Paquet Bourgogne Aligoté, “Le Clou et la Plume” ($33) Few wines taste more springy than aligoté, a white grape that originates in Burgundy characterized by tense mineral flavors ...

Poor old aligoté. For decades, this white Burgundian grape variety lurked in the shadows of chardonnay, relegated to those areas considered not quite good enough for the much more famous white grape.

Once scorned as the workhorse grape of Burgundy, it is increasingly prized by top Burgundy vignerons producing impressive examples that remain—as yet—affordable.

It also features a speciality delicatessen retailing wines, artisanal delicacies and even grape-varietal specific glasses to go with your next bottle. Far from being just a regular wine bar, Le Clos’ ...

She brings elegance and purity to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from appellations such as Cote d’Or and Beaune, but also to Beaujolais’s Gamay and Burgundy’s second white wine grape, Aligoté, ...

A distinctive white burgundy not made from Chardonnay. Priced from £27 and $36. Pictured above, the Clos des Perrières la Combe. Among the many expensive burgundies I tasted last month during Burgundy ...