A guide to French wine regions – Part 4

What better way to end of your wonderful meal with friends or to celebrate a special occasion than to have a great glass of wine! So how do you choose your wine do you just walk into a store and buy any bottle of wine that comes to your hand or do you just buy a bottle that you’ve had already? Wouldn’t you like to know where your wine came from or even visit the region it was made in?

Many of the wines made today from France you can tell where there from just look at the label, most of then are name after the region there made in like Bordeaux or although this is not exactly a wine, like champagne from Champagne, France.

There are about eleven different wine regions in France they are Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Cotes du Rhones, Languedoc-Roussillion, Loire Valley, Provence, Corsica and South West France so I think i’ll share some information with you on them:

Bordeaux is a region that I’m sure every wine lover have heard of. Do you remember wines like Mdoc , Haut Mdoc, Margaux, Pauillac, Saint Estphe, Saint Julien, Listrac and Moulis all of these were produced in this region of France. Bordeaux is near the Atlantic Coast in South France. this region take its name off of the main city but you can not find vineyard in this city its self.

The Alsace region produces more of the wine Americans love like Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot blanc, Tokay Pinot Gris, Sylvaner, Crmant d’Alsace. Alsace is situated north east of France. It is also bordered on the west by the Vosges and on the east by the Rhine which separates it from Germany.

Champagne the one wine that cannot be duplicated only the wine produced in Champagne can be called champagne, any the country that tries to produce this wine can only call it Sparkling wine.

Now that I’ve taken you on a small tour of France get on there research the major wine regions have fun with it or even visit the country!