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At any Lord, all honor, so let's start by talking about the number 1 in this area, the France.
Viticulture in France finds its sources at the time of the Greek colonization.

The France being one of the countries of the latin heritage, wine is an integral part of its culture. The way French culture has invested in the development of its wines even earned him the international reputation as "the land of wine.. However the quality of a wine is partly subjective (under the taste), In addition the Spain and the Italy compete annually with France for what is in the production of wine per year that quantity does not necessarily rhyme with quality.

In the ancient civilizations of the ancient Near East, the main drink was beer that was consumed daily by ease of fabrication : prepared in the morning, It was drunk in the day. The wine requiring greater control, its technology spread more slowly in the Greek world, and then in the Gallic world. Thus, the Gauls consumed Mead and beer before importing wine, then export it to become, under the Roman Empire, excellent wineries.

The first Greek trading posts established on the southern shores of what today ' hui is the France were founded between the 7th and 6th centuries av. BC. by OM Greeks, who brought the culture of the vine, the vineyards being then defined in narrow spaces close to the coast before spreading in Celtic Gaul. The wine was introduced by traders from the Etruscan cities at the end of the seventh century before our era.

Napoleon III establishes the official Classification of Bordeaux wines from 1855. The phylloxera epidemic of 1863 ravaged french vineyards, with the exception of the vineyards of the basque country. The appellation system was established by the Act of August 1905.

The end of the 20th century is marked by competition from traditional exporting countries (France, Italy) who prefer the wines, and the countries of the new world (United States, Argentina, Chile, Australia, South Africa) rather oriented towards varietal wines (also called wine technology).

Languedoc-Roussillon remains in 2015 the first wine-producing region of France by its size and its volumes with a third of the total French vineyard area and one third of the production of the French production (13,5 million hectoliters in 2013, either 5 % of world production).

The various vineyards of France in alphabetical order :
Alsace
Beaujolais
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Champagne
Corsica
Jura
Languedoc-Roussillon
Provence
Savoie
Southwest
Loire Valley
Rhone Valley

The small terroirs
Vineyard of Lyonnais
Vineyards of Bugey
Vineyard of Limousin : Queyssac, Branceilles, Saillant, Verneuil, grouped into two PGI
Lorraine vineyard
Vineyard of Ile-de-france
Vineyard of Normandy : a few municipal vines, associative and private homes. Only the operation "the acres of the Sun" is authorized to sell its wine.
Vineyard of the meeting
Vineyard of Tahiti
Vineyard of Camargue

The missing terroirs
Vineyard of Picardy : only municipal vineyards, associative (Gouvieux, Gerberoy, Clairoix, etc.) and a few individuals. Not to mention the 40 South of the Aisne communes classified in AOC champagne.
Vineyard of Ile-de-France : Several hundred municipal vineyard, associative and many individuals. Only the vine of Suresnes is authorized to sell its wine.
Vineyard of Brittany : many municipal vineyard, associative and many individuals.
Vineyard of the Nord : a few municipal vines, associative and many individuals.

To learn even more, I recommend this excellent guide http://www.terroirs-France.com/

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