Bordeaux/ Burgundy

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I believe you already got part of your answer in one of your other questions. The Burgundy region is in the east of France. The two most sought after wines produced in Burgundy are a white and a red. The white is made from the Chardonnay grape and the red is made from the Pinot Noir grape. When you here of a Burgundy and a white Burgundy, that's what people are referring to. Though that's the easy answer, there are also small amounts of wine made from the Aligote grape (red) and Sauvignon Blanc (white). Then of course there's the southern part of Burgundy, and that's Beaujolais where the wines are made from the Gamay grape.

Next is Bordeaux,and they also produce basically a white and a red, though it gets more complicated. The red grapes of Bordeaux are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot; the first three being the major varieties. The white grapes of Bordeaux are Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle, Colombard and Ugni Blanc, though the last three aren't often seen. Red Bordeaux wines are generally blends of two or more of the grapes, and the percentage of each grape in teh blend depends mostly on where in Bordeaux the grapes are grown and the wine is made. There are several microclimates in Bordeaux and some grapes do better in one location than another. So, the wines will obviously have more of the type that grows best in that location.

I'm sure others will chime in now with more info to expand on where I've begun.