Even Rully and Givry, the rather elegant wines of southern Burgundy, were obscure country wines a generation ago.

But unlike Disney's arrivistes, the Duboeufs have been here in southern Burgundy for four centuries.

At that time, much of today's Switzerland (then considered part of southern Burgundy) was under the authority of the house of Zähringen.

The Macon region, in southern Burgundy, produces an ocean of reasonably priced, consistently good white wines each year.

The Mâcon-Villages was another example of the good chardonnay coming out of that famous part of southern Burgundy.

It resembles a light Mâcon from southern Burgundy.

The monastery, dedicated to Saint Fortunatus, was founded in 872, in this region of southern Burgundy known as the Forez.

Pouilly Fuisse comes from southern Burgundy and is made from the chardonnay grape.

WINE drinkers in this country learn early on about the Maconnais region in southern Burgundy.

The Macon whites, from southern Burgundy, really set a standard for what moderately priced white wine should be.