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France lead the wine producing countries with six (6) top regions giving the world the highest quality and best tasting wines in the market:

Bordeaux Wine Region. Bordeaux is the epitome of fine wine. Almost all red Bordeaux is blended wine made from two or more grapes varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. The region also produces considerable quantities of white wine from grape varieties: Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle.

Burgundy Wine Region. While Bordeaux is dominated by large estates producing classic red wines, Burgundy has thousands of small-scale growers, with small parcels of land, who may make a range of a dozen or more different wines, both red and white. Also, great Burgundies are un-blended wines made from a single grape variety.

Rhone Valley Wine Region. The Rhône wine region is divided into north and south. The north produces syrah based reds and its pure viognier whites. The south produces Châteauneuf-du-Pape and several other varieties.

Alsace Wine Region. Wines produced in Alsace are relatively unknown and misunderstood by many people, even wine lovers. It primarily produces white wines including some of the most noted dry Rieslings in the world.

Loire Valley Wine Region. Loire produces an enormous amount of wine, mostly white, but with a good deal of red too. The region experiences long, hot summers and the worry is always whether the grapes will ripen sufficiently. Produces a wide variety of grapes including Muscadet, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Franc, and Pinot Noir.

Champagne. We all know what’s being produced here—sparkling wines. By the Champagne method, the carbon dioxide gas produced as part of the fermentation process (as yeasts devour sugar) is dissolved within the wine in its individual bottle, so that when it is released, the bubbles stream to the surface.

More wine regions of France are Beaujolais, Bergerac, Jura, Languedoc, Roussillon, and Saint Emilion.

France Wines Directory

Languedoc-Roussillon: The Wines and Wine Makers
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the most exciting areas in the wine world, and this is the first illustrated book to explore the terroir, traditions, winemaking practices, and laws of the region. Written by Paul Strang, a leading authority on the subject, it features maps and photographs of each district’s landscape, plus fact boxes that offer a useful guide to climate, soil, and grape varieties.

Fine French Wines
Presented here are 220 extraordinary wines of three types: first the classic prestige wines generally from Bordeaux, Burgundy, or Champagne; regional wines produced on smaller vineyards that reflect the “new class” of French winemakers, and so-called “rebellious” wines produced by truly creative winemakers who explore the options in wine-making beyond the constraints of appellation regulations.

French Vineyards: The Complete Guide and Companion
This splendid field guide, which covers every vineyard in France, offers a wealth of information for travelers and oenophiles. Enhanced with maps and 135 stunning color photos. French Vineyards is the essential guide to each and every wine region of France, from the smallest plantings of Vin de Pays to the largest AOC vineyards.

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