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Wine Regions of France – The Loire Valley

The Loire is the longest river in France. It originates in the Massif Central in the Cévennes range, flows south

The Jura region is quite small, a narrow strip of land sandwiched between Burgundy and Switzerland. Five grapes predominate. Three

Savoie is an alpine area, attracting phalanxes of tourists in both summer and winter. Most of its crisp white wine

First: Even though the Bordeaux region is in the southwest of France, when we refer to “southwestern France” we mean

The regions called Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France along the Mediterranean coast runs from the Spanish border east to

Provence subsisted for years on often ordinary rosé, purchased as a thirst quencher by many a tourist in this paradise

The name Piemonte derives from Medieval Latin ad pedem montium, meaning “at the foot of the mountains.” The reference is

Campania signifies that we are coming to the south of Italy. Centered around the great city of Naples, Campania is

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, a continuous producer of wine for over 2500 years. For years known