In 2007, France's oldest winery was discovered near Clermont l'Herault (Terrasses du Larzac AOC). It was dated 10AD, and falls into the Clairette du Languedoc Appellation. The Languedoc is France's oldest viticultural region.
Here are five famous wine regions in France: # Champagne # Bordeaux # Burgundy # Rhone Valley # Loire Valley Here are some additonal regions which may not be as well known in the US, but are still very important wine regions: * Alsace * Jura * Savoie * Provence * Languedoc-Roussillon
Whichever five you (or the person who set the question) cares to choose, from: Burgundy Bordeaux The Loire Valley Alsace Champagne The Beaujolais Languedoc-Roussillon The South-East Côtes du Rhône and several others.
I know 3 are : Bordeaux, Burdungy, and Champagne.... i don't know the other 2.... :-(
Bordeaux and Bourgogne are two regions with the 'grand crus' classification system (which is quite disputed nowadays, and seen by some as obsolete and overated).
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According to Sevier Wines, a wine seller, there are 7 primary wine regions in France: Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire, Provence and the Rhone Valley. Wine.about.com omits Champagne but includes Languedoc-Roussillon in their 7. Still another website, About-France.com, lists 11 main French wine regions, adding Cognac/Charentes, Jura and Medoc to the previously mentioned regions. So, I guess it depends on who you ask.:)
Bordeaux, a city in France is most famous for wine, especially Bordeaux wine which has been made there since the 8th century.
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France is a country in Europe that is best known for its plentiful vine growing regions. Three famous vines in the country of France include Armagnac, Alsace, and Burgundy.
La Bourgogne (Burgundy), Bordeaux, Alsace, The Loire Valley, Champagne, the Rhone Valley, are famous wine regions in France.
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Burgundy, or Aquitaine (the area of Bordeaux), are large producers of wine. Both regions are in France.
the Champagne-Ardennes region in France is famous for the Champagne wine.
Bordeaux, France, is famous for a red wine production area.
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Yes, France is famous for wine. It was already famous at the time of the Roman empire, and the Gauls (local tribes living there at the time) famously invented the wood barrel. Nowadays, the traditions in wine making are strictly enforced by professional bodies, meaning that you cannot use fertilizers, water the vineyards, or add chemicals to the wine as happens in most wine-producing countries.