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French Wines & Wine Routes

Alsace	Bordeaux	Champagne	Languedoc
Armagnac	Burgundy	Cognac	Loire
Beaujolais	Chablis	Cotes du Rhone	Provence
also see -> France Tourist Attractions

ChateauNeuf de pape as seen from Avignon

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Pop, Pop, Fizz, Fizz... Opening a Bottle of Champagne
The bravest souls stand back when a bottle of Champagne is about to pop, but you can enjoy a champagne toast without injuring your guests or damaging your home. The easy, step-by-step method to open a bottle of Champagne with no danger and no mess is revealed...
Too Late for Reims? Try Epernay!
Both Reims and Epernay are just a quick train ride away from Paris and feature great Champagne houses and vineyards to visit. Reims has the magnificent Gothic Cathedral, but a visit to Epernay offers a tour of the Moet & Chandon cellars...home of Dom Perignon, complete with a tasting... also see -> A Paris Vineyard - Celebrate at the Montmartre Wine Festival
TOP LINKS
Wines of France - Presented by ONIVINS, Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins, this English site offers a quick guide of what to drink with which foods and on which occasions but also has full information on the regions, the grapes and the wines of France... Terroir France - Terroir is a French wine term that is difficult to translate. It is the concept of what surrounds the wine as it grows, the sun, the soil, the weather and all of the factors that influence the grapes on the vine and the wines that are made from them. This site offers insight into the terroir of the wine regions of France and the world class wines that are the end product... French Wines - This site also offers the whole story of French wine production with good information on whites, reds and sparkling wines, but the premier section that sets it apart is the coverage of the tourism of wine - The Wine Routes of France...