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Gregory was born in Clermont, in the Auvergne region of central Gaul. [4] He was born into the upper stratum of Gallo-Roman society as the son of Florentius, Senator of Clermont, by his wife Armentaria II, niece of Bishop Nicetius of Lyon and granddaughter of both Florentinus, Senator of Geneva, and Saint Gregory of Langres.
The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. [1] It was located in the Loire Valley on the south bank of the river Loire, downstream from the town of Amboise and about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) southwest of the royal Château d'Amboise.
Wine tourism (also: enotourism, oenotourism, or vinitourism) is tourism whose purpose is or includes the tasting, consumption or purchase of wine, often at or near the source. Where other types of tourism are often passive in nature, enotourism can consist of visits to wineries, tasting wines , vineyard walks, or even taking an active part in ...
Viking offers tastings and tours during an eight-day roundtrip voyage that explores France’s Bordeaux region. Prices start from £2,495 per person based on a 9 November departure.
Vineyard, July 2009. Denbies is situated on the North Downs, which are a range of chalk hills the topsoil of which consists of fertile loam interspersed with flints. From 1986 to 1989 White had the south-facing slopes planted with vines, which cover 265 acres (1.07 km 2) of the 627-acre (2.54 km 2) estate, the remainder of which is woodland and pasture.
Château Micault, built from Chassagne-Montrachet pink limestone, was designed by Parisian architect, Charles-Étienne Brisseaux, in the Regency style of the era. [4] After thirty years of ownership and expansion, in 1756, Vivant Micault bequeathed the Château and the vineyards to his two sons, Joseph and Jean Micault. [4]
Getty; De Agostini via Getty . Julie Andrews in 1965's 'The Sound of Music' and Schloss Leopoldskron
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