Wine of France

CELLARS WINE CLUB From the Vineyard to Your Door Wine of France Champagne Alsace Chablis Anjou et Saumurois Bourgogne Touraine Sancerre Muscadet Jura Beaujotais Cognac Côteaux du Lyonnais Savoie A Bordelais Cahors Cotes du Rhône Gaillac Languedoc Côtes Armagnac Jurançon de Provence Roussillon Plaine d'Aléria 0 50 100 150 200km Statisties Bottles of wine produced in France per year 1,000,000,000 battles The most expensive 750ml botfle of wine was a 1869 Château Lafite, which sold at $233,972. In 2007, France grew 116,715 hectares of Merlot grapes, making it the most widely grown French variefy. France produces almost 1/5 of all wine in the world. Facts: France is the biggest preducer ef wine in the werld. Many af Frances regiens date their wine-making histery te befere Reman times, Champagne is a sparkling white wine named for the regien mest knewn fer its preduction After the French revelutien, the French wine industry. was revived in large part by Minister of the Interier, Jean-Anteine Chaptal. Sources: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/44102 http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/french-winemaking-chemical-analysis-artifact_n_3383008.html http://www.wineinstitute.org/files/2010_World_Wine_Production_by_Country.pdf Wine Regiens af Tranar