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Champagne at meals marking special occasions. Montlouis: located only a few kilometres to the east of Tours, Montlouis-sur-Loire gives its name to white wines...

peaking at the 40 year mark. Across the Loire River from Vouvray is the Montlouis AOC, which produces Chenin blanc-based wines like Vouvray that tend to have...

that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by...

mousseux AOC Either still or sparkling are: Gaillac AOC Saint-Péray AOC Vouvray AOC Montlouis AOC Cava is the name of a type of Spanish (mostly in Catalonia...

development of Botrytis cinerea, than in nearby Vouvray or Montlouis. While all three AOCs produce sweet, botrytized wine, less vintage variation is found...

area includes 87 appellations under the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP) systems. While the majority of...

culinary city with specialties such as: rillettes, rillons, Touraine vineyards, AOC Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine cheeses and nougats. The city is also the end-point...

1518 and 1527. Azay-le-Rideau is the centre of the Touraine Azay-le-Rideau AOC for white and rosé wine. Azay-le-Rideau is twinned with Croston in Lancashire...

department in central France. Bourgueil is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from...

Sauvignon blanc (also see Sancerre (wine)). In 1936 Sancerre white was given AOC (INAO) status; reds were classified in 1959. The area now produces white...

international wine critics. The Savennières Appellation d'Origine Controlée (AOC) spreads over 3 hills of schist, located on the right (northwest) bank of...

French wine label regulations ban the word naturel, the appellation from Montlouis-sur-Loire is instead called pétillant originel. There are two general...

D159 roads. The commune is one of 14 permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The Vauvise flows northwest through the middle of the commune; the...

its 11th Century Church. Parnay is one of the nine communes that is in the AOC Saumur-Champigny and fruit Red Wine made from Cabernet Franc. Communes of...

D86 roads. The commune is one of only a few that grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wines. The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. The feudal...

D307 roads. The Sauvignon blanc grapes grown here are used for Sancerre AOC wines. The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the seventeenth century. The...

roads. The commune is one of only a few that can grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. The fourteenth-century...

Menetou-Salon is the name of an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for wine (AOC), with vineyards extending over 330 hectares (820 acres) over the hill. This...

etc. The commune is home to a wine appellation, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOC. Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is situated between Angers, Tours and Chinon...

Quincy Commune A 2007 bottle of Quincy AOC white wine Coat of arms Location of Quincy Quincy Show map of France Quincy Show map of Centre-Val de Loire...