Burgundy Wines

pl. These celebrated French wines derive their name from the ancient province of Burgundy. They are wines of delicious flavor and bouquet, and are often recommended in the cure of disease, as a light, diffusible stimulant, on account of the small percentage of alcohol contained in them. They are imperfectly known in this country, to which it has been believed that they would not well bear a sea-voyage. It has been ascertained that, in well-corked bottles, the B. wines may be imported in good condition, but we do not believe, as has been said, that they improve by cro ing the Atlantic. The most renowned red wines of B. are Romané-Conti, Clos Vougeot, Chamber tin, Nuits, Richebourg, and Beaune. The Chablis, a white wine, is relatively inferior to the red products of B., though preferred by some to the best growths of white Bordeaux (claret). The annual product of wine in B. is about 7,000,000 gallons. Burial, (bercal,) n. Act of burying; interment; a sepulture; a funeral. See SEPULTURE. (Law.) No B. is lawful unle made in conformity with the local regulations; and when a dead body has been found, it cannot be lawfully buried until the coroner has held an inquest over it. Burial Service. That portion of a religious service relating to the interment of the dead; as, the English burial-service.