Words similar to burgundy

Example sentences for: burgundy

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The plains and plateaus of Picardy in the north and Alsace to the east lend themselves to large-scale agriculture before ending in the gentler, rolling green fields of Normandy to the west and the vineyards of Burgundy that herald the beginnings of the south.
From the 12th to 14th centuries Athens found itself governed by a number of European nobles from Florence, Catalonia, and Burgundy.
So a 1990 Bordeaux or Burgundy is likely to be first-rate if made by a respectable, even if unknown, winemaker.
France is blessed with an astonishing variety of landscapes: long, high dunes on the Atlantic Coast; craggy coves in Brittany; vineyards in Burgundy; steep gorges in the Tarn; olive trees and vineyards, umbrella pines and cypresses in Provence; and lazy beaches in the Côte d’Azur.
I fear that Dr. Richards did not have us in mind when he set to work, for he omitted to include such words as tomato, bathroom, cutlet, cauliflower , and railway station . Yet let no one say he was not a mundane man, for he gives us the Welsh for port, sherry, whisky, brandy, burgundy, claret , and even Rhenish wine . And do you know that there are ten words in Welsh for fashion ? But none, apparently, for tomato, bathroom, cutlet , etc.