A process for making esters of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from dextrose, comprising: converting dextrose to glucaric acid by oxidation to provide a mixture of materials including gluconic acid as well as glucaric acid; chromatographically separating out a glucaric acid-enriched fraction from the mixture using an amphoteric ion exchange resin; and converting glucaric acid from the glucaric acid-enriched fraction to one or more esters of FDCA, wherein said converting of glucaric acid to one or more esters of FDCA comprises reacting an aqueous feed comprising glucaric acid with a high boiling first alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst and with removing water during the reaction, to form a first product mixture comprising a first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol, wherein the high boiling first alcohol is selected from the C 4 to C 11 linear alcohols and C 4 to C 11 branched alcohols; removing unreacted high boiling first alcohol from the first product mixture; combining the first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol with a lower boiling second alcohol selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol; transesterifying the first ester with the lower boiling second alcohol to form a second product mixture comprising a second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol; and recovering the second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol. converting dextrose to glucaric acid by oxidation to provide a mixture of materials including gluconic acid as well as glucaric acid; chromatographically separating out a glucaric acid-enriched fraction from the mixture using an amphoteric ion exchange resin; and converting glucaric acid from the glucaric acid-enriched fraction to one or more esters of FDCA, wherein said converting of glucaric acid to one or more esters of FDCA comprises reacting an aqueous feed comprising glucaric acid with a high boiling first alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst and with removing water during the reaction, to form a first product mixture comprising a first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol, wherein the high boiling first alcohol is selected from the C 4 to C 11 linear alcohols and C 4 to C 11 branched alcohols; removing unreacted high boiling first alcohol from the first product mixture; combining the first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol with a lower boiling second alcohol selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol; transesterifying the first ester with the lower boiling second alcohol to form a second product mixture comprising a second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol; and recovering the second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol. reacting an aqueous feed comprising glucaric acid with a high boiling first alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst and with removing water during the reaction, to form a first product mixture comprising a first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol, wherein the high boiling first alcohol is selected from the C 4 to C 11 linear alcohols and C 4 to C 11 branched alcohols; removing unreacted high boiling first alcohol from the first product mixture; combining the first ester of FDCA and the high boiling first alcohol with a lower boiling second alcohol selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol; transesterifying the first ester with the lower boiling second alcohol to form a second product mixture comprising a second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol; and recovering the second ester of FDCA with the lower boiling second alcohol.