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Promod was founded as a family boutique in 1975 by Francis-Charles Pollet, one of the heirs of the founder of La Redoute where he spent the first part of his career. [4] The brand established exclusively in France and Belgium until 1990, when started to develop more internationally and opened a subsidiary in Spain, followed by others mainly in ...
The Cité du Vin is a museum located in Bordeaux, France that also hosts exhibitions, shows, movie projections and academic seminars, generally centered around wine-related themes. Following its initial opening in June of 2017, the Cité du Vin reached a milestone of one million visitors in the fall of 2018 [ 1 ] and passed 2 million visitors ...
The bottle on the left is an AOC classification wine from the Costières de Nîmes and the bottle on the right is a Vins de Pays labeled with the grapes used to produce the wine Wines from the Languedoc can carry an enormous number of names, ranging from broad regional designations like Vin de Pays d'Oc to very specific geographical ...
Rivesaltes (/ ˈ r iː v ˈ s ɔː l t /; French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for naturally sweet, fortified wines (vin doux naturel or VDN). The name refers to both a production region within Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France, and the style of sweet wines produced there.
Saint-Joseph or St.-Joseph (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf]) is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France.Though the appellation covers the largest amount of land, it is second in actual size under vine to Crozes-Hermitage, an appellation with which it shares much regarding style and prestige.
A monopole (from French 'monopole') is an area controlled by a single winery (wine company) and can be as small as a named vineyard or as large as an entire appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC).
Côte-Rôtie (French pronunciation: [kot ʁoti]) is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France.The vineyards are located just south of Vienne in the communes of Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône, Ampuis, and Tupin-et-Semons. [1]
Château Pétrus from the Pomerol wine region The Pomerol AOC (#14) within the "Right Bank" wine region of Bordeaux. It is located just north of the city of Liborne south of Lalande-de-Pomerol (#15), northwest of Saint-Émilion (#21) and east of Fronsac (#12).