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France is one of the largest wine producers in the world, along with Italian, Spanish, and American wine-producing regions. [1][2] French wine traces its history to the 6th century BCE, with many of France's regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. The wines produced range from expensive wines sold internationally to modest ...
The following is a list of French wines that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by the INAO. Until 2003 and 2005-2007 a village designation within Coteaux du Layon. Created as a separate AOC in 2003 under the name Chaume Premier Cru ...
The Languedoc-Roussillon wine region and the location of the region's appellations. Languedoc-Roussillon wine (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ɡ (ə)dɔk ʁusijɔ̃] ⓘ), including the vin de pays labeled Vin de Pays d'Oc, is produced in southern France. While "Languedoc" can refer to a specific historic region of France and Northern Catalonia ...
The major wine regions of France. The history of French wine, spans a period of at least 2600 years dating to the founding of Massalia in the 6th century BC by Phocaeans with the possibility that viticulture existed much earlier. The Romans did much to spread viticulture across the land they knew as Gaul, encouraging the planting of vines in ...
Wine-producing regions in Turkey. White wine grapes:[12] Altıntaş – Marmara region and Bozcaada. Beylerce – Bilecik area. Bornova Misketi – İzmir area. Emir – Nevşehir (Cappadocia) area. Hasandede – Ankara and central Anatolia. Narince – Tokat area. Rumi, Kabarcık, Dökülgen – Southeastern Anatolia region.
Champagne wine region. The wine region within the historical province of Champagne in the northeast of France is best known for the production of champagne, the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. EU law and the laws of most countries reserve the term "champagne" exclusively for wines that come from this region located about 160 ...
Loire Valley (wine) The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the river Loire from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France. In between are the regions of Anjou wine, Saumur ...
Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (French: Vin d'Alsace; German: Elsässer Wein; Haut Rhin Alsatian: d'r Wii vum Elsàss; Bas Rhin Alsatian: de Win vum Elsàss) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine. Because of its Germanic influence, it is the only Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée region in France to produce mostly ...