A GLIMPS OF FRENCH WINE

Vineyards in Vosne-Romanée in Burgundy, a village that is the

source of some of France's most expensive wines.
Château Pichon Longueville Baron in Bordeaux corresponds well to the
traditional image of a prestigious French château, but in reality, French
wineries come in all sizes and shapes.
 FRENCH WINE
 France has the world's largest wine production
ahead of Italy and the second-largest total
vineyard area behind Spain.
 French wine exports make up 34.01% of the
world market share, ahead of Italian (18.03%)
Australian (10.24%) and Spanish (9.18%) wine.
 WINE STYLES
• All common styles of wine — red, rosé, white
(dry, semi-sweet and sweet), sparkling and
fortified — are produced in France. In most of
these styles, the French production ranges
from cheap and simple versions to some of
the world's most famous and expensive
examples. An exception is French fortified
wines, which tend to be relatively unknown
outside France.
A Cahors chateau and vineyard
 Wine regions of France
• Alsace: Alsace is primarily a white-wine region, though some red, rosé, sparkling
and sweet wines are also produced. It is situated in eastern France on the river
Rhine .
• Bordeaux: Bordeaux is a large region on the Atlantic coast.
• Burgundy :Burgundy or Bourgogne in eastern France is a region where red and
white wines are equally important.
• Champagne :Champagne, situated in eastern France, close to Belgium and
Luxembourg, is the coldest of France's major wine regions and home to its major
sparkling wine.
• Corsica :Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean the wines of which are
primarily consumed on the island itself.
• Jura :Jura, a small region in the mountains close to Switzerland where
some unique wine styles, notably Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille, are produced.
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• Languedoc-Roussillon :Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest region in
terms of vineyard surface, and the region in which much of France's cheap
bulk wines have been produced.
• Loire :Loire valley is a primarily white-wine region that stretches over a
long distance along the Loire River in central and western France.
• Provence :Provence, in the southeast and close to the Mediterranean. It
is perhaps the warmest wine region of France and produces mainly rosé
and red wine.
• Rhône: Rhone Valley, primarily a red-wine region in southeastern
France, along the Rhône River.
• Savoy :Savoy or Savoie, primarily a white-wine region in the Alps close to
Switzerland.