The region around Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire and Touraine has some of the most diverse plantings of all the Loire region and makes a wide variety...
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grapes. The Montlouis-sur-Loire (or "Montlouis") wine-growing area was originally part of the Vouvray region, but lay on the left bank of the Loire on somewhat...
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Vouvray (wine) (redirect from Vouvray AOC)
aged Vouvray peaking at the 40 year mark. Across the Loire River from Vouvray is the Montlouis AOC, which produces Chenin blanc-based wines like Vouvray...
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List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wines (redirect from AOC wine)
that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by...
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Azay-le-Rideau (redirect from Azay-le-Rideau, Indre-et-Loire)
pronunciation: [azɛ lə ʁido] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central-west France. The château of Azay-le-Rideau...
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Tours (redirect from Tours, Indre-et-Loire)
largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants...
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canal and railway lines. On 25 June 1944 German troops based in Cosne-sur-Loire set fire to the village of Thauvenay in reprisal for an ambush of the...
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Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is known for its 11th Century Church. Parnay is one of the nine communes that is in the AOC Saumur-Champigny...
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Bourgueil (category Communes of Indre-et-Loire)
commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Bourgueil is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and...
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Chambourg-sur-Indre (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃buʁ syʁ ɛ̃dʁ] , literally Chambourg on Indre) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region...
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Savennières (category Communes of Maine-et-Loire)
Appellation d'Origine Controlée (AOC) spreads over 3 hills of schist, located on the right (northwest) bank of the Loire river, totaling about 300 hectares...
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wine label regulations ban the word naturel, the appellation from Montlouis-sur-Loire is instead called pétillant originel. There are two general approaches...
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28 December 2023. "Menetou-Salon AOC | Château Monty". chateaumonty.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023. "Menetou-Salon, Loire - France Wine Region". Wine-Searcher...
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permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The Vauvise flows northwest through the middle of the commune; the Loire forms part of its northeastern boundary...
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Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (category Communes of Indre-et-Loire)
of Bourgueil) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. This village is in the Loire Valley, in the midst of many castles, such...
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agricultural community and today is known for producing Orléans and Orléans-Cléry AOC wines. As of January 2012, the Mayor is Bertrand Hauchecorne. Communes of...
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pronunciation: [vɛʁdiɲi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. An area of winegrowing and farming comprising two villages...
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D54 roads. It is one of the communes permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The church of St. Etienne, dating from the nineteenth century. The...
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pronunciation: [vinɔ̃]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. An area of winegrowing and farming comprising the village...
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pronunciation: [voɡ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. An area of winegrowing, forestry and farming comprising...
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Centre-Val de Loire region of France. A winegrowing and farming village situated by the banks of the rivers Vauvise and Loire and the Loire lateral canal...
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pronunciation: [paʁasi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. A winegrowing, farming and forestry area comprising a...
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[kʁezɑ̃si ɑ̃ sɑ̃sɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. A farming and winegrowing village situated some 22 miles...
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Menetou-Râtel is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. A winegrowing and farming area comprising the village and...
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department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Quincy is a village located at 10 km of Vierzon and Bourges. Mehun-sur-Yèvre (5000 inhabitants) is...
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