Bordeaux - Bordeaux Wine, Classification of Saint-Emilion Wine, History of Bordeaux Wine, Betasom, Bordeaux-Merignac Airport (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Bordeaux wine, Classification of Saint-Emilion wine, History of Bordeaux wine, BETASOM, Bordeaux-Merignac Airport, University of Bordeaux, List of mayors of Bordeaux, Institut d'etudes politiques de Bordeaux, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Classification of Graves wine, Urban Community of Bordeaux, Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University, Jardin botanique de Bordeaux, Jardin botanique de la Bastide, Gare de Bordeaux Etat, Bordeaux International School, Chateau Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Bordeaux Observatory, Tram et Bus de la CUB, Bordelais. Excerpt: A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world. 89% of wine produced in Bordeaux is red (called "claret" in Britain), with notable sweet white wines such as Chateau d'Yquem, dry whites, rose and sparkling wines (Cremant de Bordeaux) all making up the remainder. Bordeaux wine is made by more than 8,500 producers or chateaux. There are 60 appellations of Bordeaux wine. Map of the French provinces (including Bordeaux) assimilated by the Plantagenet-Aquitaine unionThe history of wine production seems to have begun sometime after 48 AD, during the Roman occupation of St. Emilion, when the Romans established vineyards to cultivate wine for the soldiers. However, it is only in 71 AD that Pliny recorded the first real evidence of vineyards in Bordeaux. France's first extensive vineyards were established by Rome in around 122 BC in today's Languedoc, the better part of two hundred years earlier. Although domestically popular, French wine was seldom exported, as the area covered by vineyards and the volume of wine produced were low. In the 12th century however, the popularity of B...