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Chardonnay vines around Meursault. The Côte de Beaune area is the southern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is home to the great names of Burgundy wine.The Côte de Beaune (France) starts between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune, and extends southwards for about 25 km to the river Dheune.
The annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France. The town is surrounded by some of the world's most famous wine villages, [ citation needed ] while the facilities and cellars of many producers, large and small, are situated in the historic center of Beaune itself, as they have been since Roman times.
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 ...
France is a haven for sommeliers and oenophiles lusting to swirl, sniff and sip velvety glasses of vin.Vineyards, cellars and wineries – 27,000 of them to be precise – weave the rolling hills ...
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.
Map of the Bordeaux regions with most of its appellations shown. The rivers Garonne and Dordogne, and the Gironde estuary are important in defining the various parts of the region. Bordeaux wine (Occitan: vin de Bordèu; French: vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on the Garonne ...
Château La Coste: Provence, France . Château La Coste in France is the pick of luxury travel journalist Lindsay Cohn.She adds, “If you love wine and modern art, be sure to make a reservation ...
Vineyards close to the village Kaysersberg in Alsace. Map of Alsace with the location of the wine-growing region and some villages marked. 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.