Champagne is not just a sparkling wine, but the region from which the famous drink derives its name. The climate of the area is cooler than that of the southern French vineyards, making for a shorter growing season. Almost a hundred miles (144km) northeast of Paris near the Belgian border, it’s usually divided into three parts...
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Charles Thomas, based in Nuits Saint Georges, has been making Burgundy since 1890 and today Charles Thomas’ descendants control more than 460 acres in the 3 different French wine regions. In the Thomas estate, it is all about diversity, shades of colours, variety of aromas, multiplicity of tastes, pleasure for the eyes, the...
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Winemakers in Alsace have been active since the Roman conquest. The Alsatians themselves are a mixed French-Germanic lot, with many of the older inhabitants still speaking Alsatian, a Germanic dialect, at home. Despite living in the smallest winemaking region in France, these proud people rightfully boast of their centuries old...
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Wine is fast becoming one of the most popular drinks available anywhere in the world. And, more and more wine lovers want to know more and more about wine grape varieties and where they come from. Wines of the World is here to provide that information.