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This is a 278 bottle list built squarely around French Burgundy and Champagne, with red France and white France leading and a serious 48 deep Champagne section. The depth is in collector grower names: Armand Rousseau, Raveneau, Dauvissat, Comte Georges de Vogüé, and Ramonet all show up with eight to ten listings each, and Jacques Selosse anchors the bubbles. Germany is the quiet strength worth knowing, with Keller and the Rheinhessen and Pfalz Rieslings giving you white options that drink well below Burgundy money. Prices run from $85 to $12,000 with a median around $450, so there is real range, but the ceiling is set by Domaine de la Romanée Conti, including Romanée Conti Grand Cru at the top. Know going in that there is no wine by the glass, so every guest is buying a full bottle. This list rewards the table that wants benchmark white and red Burgundy and grower Champagne and has the budget to match.