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Beaujolais
Beaujolais, also known as Beaujolais wine, is a French wine region and appellation north of Lyon, producing wines almost entirely from the gamay grape, including the young Beaujolais Nouveau.
Burgundy
Burgundy (Bourgogne) is a historical region of east-central France, a former duchy and former administrative region, and a celebrated wine region whose Climats vineyards are UNESCO World Heritage listed.
Burgundy wine
Burgundy wine: wines of Bourgogne, France, from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay across 84 appellations and 1,247 UNESCO-listed Climats on 30,052 hectares, shaped by monks, Valois dukes, and a cool climate with ever-earlier harvests.
Chablis (AOC)
Chablis (AOC), Chablis wine: northern Burgundy appellation for still white wine made only from Chardonnay on Kimmeridgian soils, with four tiers (Petit Chablis to Grand Cru), 47 label climats, and 60% exports.
Champagne
Champagne: sparkling wine from the delimited Champagne AOC region of northeastern France, made by the bottle-fermented méthode traditionnelle from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier; AOC since 1936, UNESCO-listed 2015, with 17 Grand Cru villages and a protected name.
Côtes du Rhône AOC
Côtes du Rhône AOC, the regional appellation of France's Rhône Valley recognized in 1937, covering 172 communes and 26,777 ha, producing mostly red blends from 27 permitted grape varieties.
French wine
French wine: wine from France, second-largest world producer behind Italy with 792,000 ha of vines, first in export value (€12.0 bn, 2023), governed by the AOC/AOP appellation system across 17 regions.
Loire Valley
Loire Valley (Val de Loire): French wine region along France's longest river, 42,000 ha, 34 PDOs plus IGP Val de Loire, from Muscadet and Chenin Blanc to Sancerre Sauvignon; UNESCO-listed middle Loire, third-largest French PDO wine region.
Loupiac
Loupiac, Gironde commune in Entre-deux-Mers, France, home to the Gallo-Roman villa and Benedictine priory of Saint-Romain (Monument Historique, 2011/2024) and the AOC Loupiac sweet white wine, similar to Sauternes.
Rhône wine
Rhône wine comes from the Rhône Valley of southeastern France, split into a Syrah-based continental north (about 5% of output) and a Grenache-blend Mediterranean south (95%), under a tiered appellation hierarchy.
Sancerre (wine)
Sancerre is a Loire Valley AOC in France's Cher department: whites from Sauvignon Blanc (AOC 1936, ~80% of production), reds and rosés from Pinot Noir (1959), on limestone, flint and clay soils across 14 communes.
Sauternes (wine)
Sauternes (AOC Sauternes) is a Bordeaux sweet white wine appellation, recognized 1936, on five communes including Barsac, made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes shriveled by Botrytis cinerea noble rot and hand-picked in successive passes.
Tavel
Tavel is a commune in the Gard, southern France, between the Pont du Gard and Avignon. Ancient Tavellis on the Nîmes–Orange road, Roman villa and baths, medieval church, and a 1937 wine cooperative cellar listed as a Monument historique in 2013.