Rhone Wine Aocs - Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Aoc, Cotes Du Rhone Aoc, Cotes Du Rhone Villages Aoc, Cote-Rotie Aoc, Condrieu Aoc, Costieres de N (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Cotes du Rhone AOC, Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC, Cote-Rotie AOC, Condrieu AOC, Costieres de Nimes AOC, Beaumes de Venise AOC, Lirac AOC, Chateau-Grillet AOC, Coteaux du Tricastin AOC, Crozes-Hermitage AOC, Cornas AOC, Saint-Joseph AOC, Rasteau AOC, Gigondas AOC, Tavel AOC, Cotes du Ventoux AOC, Clairette de Die AOC, Cotes du Vivarais AOC, Cotes du Luberon AOC, Vacqueyras AOC, Saint-Peray AOC, Domaine du Vieux Lazaret, Vinsobres AOC. Excerpt: Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a French wine Appellation d'origine controlee (AOC) located around the village of Chateauneuf-du-Pape in the Rhone wine region in southeastern France. It is the most renowned appellation of the southern part of the Rhone Valley. Vineyards are located around Chateauneuf-du-Pape and in the neighboring villages Bedarrides, Courthezon and Sorgues between Avignon and Orange and covers slightly more than 3,200 hectares or 7,900 acres (32 km). Over 110,000 hectolitres of wine a year are produced here. More wine is made in this one area of southern Rhone than in the entirety of the northern Rhone region. The wine region of Chateauneuf-du-Pape is located within the Vaucluse department in southeastern France.Chateauneuf-du-Pape roughly translates to "The Pope's new castle" and, indeed, the history of this appellation is firmly entwined with papal history. In 1308, Pope Clement V, former Archbishop of Bordeaux, relocated the papacy to the town of Avignon. Clement V and subsequent "Avignon Popes" were said to be great lovers of Burgundy wines and did much to promote it during the seventy-year duration of the Avignon Papacy. At the time, wine-growing around the town of Avignon was anything but illustrious. While the Avignon Papacy did much to advance the reputation of Burgundy wines, they were also promoting...