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Château Miraval is a château and vineyard located in the village of Correns, just north of Brignoles, a village in the Var département in the south of France.The château hit headlines in late May 2008 when it was revealed that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had leased it for three years with an option to buy, after surveying prospective properties by helicopter, [1] with the intention of ...
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French wines are usually made to accompany food. Vineyards in Vosne-Romanée in Burgundy, a village that is the source of some of France's most expensive wines Château Pichon Longueville Baron in Pauillac corresponds well to the traditional image of a prestigious French château, but in reality, French wineries come in all sizes and shapes.
Looking down the vines of Chevalier-Montrachet with Montrachet below and Batard-Montrachet just beyond. The village of Puligny-Montrachet is in the distance.. Montrachet (pronounced Mon-rashay; French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʁaʃɛ]) is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for white wine made of Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune subregion of Burgundy.
Location of the Condrieu AOC among the major in wine regions of the Northern Rhône. Condrieu (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃dʁijø] ⓘ; from the French coin de ruisseau meaning "corner of the brook") [1] is a French wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) located in the northern Rhône, near Vienne and to the south of the Côte-Rôtie AOC.
The tower at Château Latour. Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.Latour lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux, at its border with Saint-Julien, and only a few hundred metres from the banks of the Gironde estuary.
The second part of the site encompasses the vineyards and wine production sites near the town of Beaune and the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune regions south of Dijon. The region is dominated by clay-limestone soils, but the extreme variance in soil composition, microclimate, and geography has led to a wide diversity of wines. [1]
Château Lafite Rothschild in Pauillac, Médoc region. Château Lafite Rothschild is a French wine estate of Bordeaux wine, located in Pauillac in France, owned by members of the Rothschild family since the 19th century, and rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.