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2. French wine - Wikipedia

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   Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest region in terms of vineyard surface and production, hence the region in which much of France's cheap bulk wines have been produced. So-called " wine lake ", Languedoc-Roussillon is also the home of some innovative producers who combine traditional French wine like blanquette de Limoux , the world's oldest ...

3. List of wine-producing regions - Wikipedia

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   With the import of Western wine-making technologies, especially French technology, production of wines similar to modern French wine has begun in many parts of China with the direction of experienced French wine-makers; China is now the sixth largest producer of wine in the world. The following regions produce significant quality of wine:

4. Languedoc-Roussillon wine - Wikipedia

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   The area has around 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2) under vines and is the single biggest wine-producing region in the world, being responsible for more than a third of France's total wine production. [1] In 2001, the region produced more wine than the United States. [2]

5. Loire Valley (wine) - Wikipedia

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   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, Bourgueil, Chinon, and ...

6. Bordeaux wine - Wikipedia

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   By the end of the conflict in 1453 France had repossessed the province, thus taking control of wine production in the region. [7] As part of the Auld Alliance , the French granted Scottish merchants a privileged position in the trade of claret.

7. Rhône wine - Wikipedia

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   The various AOC wines of the Rhône Valley region are produced by over 6,000 wine growing properties including 1,837 private wineries and 103 cooperatives. [4] Those vineyard owners which do not vinify their wines themselves deliver their grapes in bulk either to a winemaking cooperative, for example Cellier des Dauphins, or sell them to one of the 51 négociants (wine producers and merchants ...

8. Category:Wine regions of France - Wikipedia

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   Wine regions of France. See also Category:French wine AOCs. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ...

9. History of French wine - Wikipedia

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   The Languedoc region of southern France became a vastly planted expanse of land churning out great numbers of light, simple wines that were sent all over France. Many of these wines were "improved" in alcohol, color and weight with the addition of Algerian wine from the French colony in Africa—providing a sizable impact on the Algerian ...