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Country: France

The history of French wine spans a period of at least 2600 years dating to the founding of Massalia in the 6th century BC by Phocaeans Greeks with the possibility that viticulture existed much earlier. The Romans did much to spread viticulture across the land they knew as Gaul, encouraging the planting of vines in areas that would become the well known wine regions of Bordeaux,Burgundy, Alsace, Champagne, Languedoc, Loire Valley and the Rhone.
Over the course of its history, the French wine industry would be influenced and driven by the commercial interests of the lucrative English market and Dutch traders & the concept of terroir first took root in wine-regions such as Champagne & Burgundy.

Château Les Valentines - AOC Côtes de Provence Rosé Cinsault, Grenache
Château du Galoupet - AOC Côtes de Provence Cru Classé Rosé Cinsault, Grenache, Shiraz
 
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