Wine Producing Regions Of France
France is synonymous with wine and is a great country to visit in the summer. France makes more wine than any other country in the world. In this article I have identified what I consider to be some of the top areas to visit when travelling to France.
One of the most popular regions for a combination of sightseeing and some great wine tasting is Provence. Van Gogh once worked in this area, which has some beautiful medieval villages.
Pack your white wine glass and head to Alasace, which is located near Germany on the East side of France. The varieties of grapes used in this region and the same as are used in the German wines across the border.
Head on over to Bordeaux and experience one of the biggest selection of red wines in the country, you will need a red wine glass to hand. They do produce white wine in Bordeaux as well, which is famous for its sweetness. Bordeaux exports a lot of the wine it produces and has an Atlantic coastline make it an ideal place to export from.
You can travel to the Burgandy area if you want to sample both the red and white wines that the country has to offer both of which are produced on a large scale in the area. Burgandy itself is sometimes thought of as its own region and produces mainly red wine. In this region you can find the only wine produced that can be drank within the same year; Beaujolais Nouveau.
Champagne is arguably the most well known wine producing region of France and is also the coldest. They do make still wine in this region but naturally the main wine produced is sparkling wine. They have a specially created Champagne glass to get the most from this wine.
The Loire Valley is a popular and beautiful tourist destination which also has some amazing wines produced along the river banks of the Loire River. The Upper Loire valley is produces the popular wine Sauvignon Blanc.
I hope this article has given you some travel ideas for a wine tasting tour of France. I would love to hear how your travels went in the comments..
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