Vouvray (French pronunciation: [vuvʁɛ] ) is a French wine region in the Loire Valley located in the Touraine district just east of the city of Tours in...
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white wine, rated among the best in France. Schools include a public preschool; a public elementary school, Ecole élémentaire publique de Vouvray; a public...
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Vouvray is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Vouvray may also refer to: Vouvray (wine), an Appellation d'origine contrôlée...
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Chenin blanc (redirect from Gros-Pineau de Vouvray)
styles of wine. For some producers in Vouvray, which may have up to six tries during harvest, the first few could go to sparkling and dry wine production...
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and is actually closer to the Champagne wine region than it is to the Middle Loire city of Tours and the Vouvray and Chinon AOCs. The distance from the...
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central France. In between are the regions of Anjou wine, Saumur, Bourgueil, Chinon, and Vouvray. The Loire Valley itself follows the river through the...
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Touraine AOC (redirect from Touraine wine)
Vouvray region produces white wines only. Some Vouvray wines are semi-sparkling or sparkling. In a cellar with good storage conditions, Vouvray wines...
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from the Loire valley, in the form of Crémant de Saumur and Crémant de Vouvray, without being defined as separate appellations. In 1975, Crémant de Loire...
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is sparkling or not. A sweet wine such as a Vouvray can actually taste dry due to the high level of acidity. A dry wine can taste sweet if the alcohol...
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Wine labels are important sources of information for consumers since they tell the type and origin of the wine. The label is often the only resource a...
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dry white wines. Coulée de Serrant was first planted in 1130 by Cistercian monks. Savennières is typically more full-bodied than dry Vouvray, and a significant...
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Savennières (section Savennières wine)
comparable to that of Vouvray. The area around Savennières is used for the production of white wine from Chenin blanc grapes. The wines are mostly dry, often...
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Arbois (grape) (category White wine grape varieties)
& Wines pg 231 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6 Wein-Plus Wine Guide Vouvray AOC Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed: September...
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produces cold climate-styled white wines (dry, sweet or sparkling) from Chenin blanc in Vouvray AOC and red wines from Cabernet Franc in Bourgueil AOC...
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Domaine Huet (section Wine criticism)
Domaine Huet is a wine estate located in Vouvray, France, in the region of the Loire Valley. Founded in 1928 by Victor Huet and his son Gaston Huet, it...
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List of grape varieties (redirect from Wine grapes)
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For...
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of the Château de Valmer belong to a domaine which produces the local Vouvray wine. The gardens, in the French and Italian style, feature a colorful mixture...
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The following is a list of French wines that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently...
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Château de Goulaine (section Wines)
Valley to still be producing wine. In addition to producing a Muscadet, the Goulaine winery produces a Sancerre and a Vouvray, as well as what is believed...
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Loire Valley (section Wine)
the banks of the river. Notable for its historic towns, architecture, and wines, the valley has been inhabited since the Middle Palaeolithic period. In...
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Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland (see Australian wine). These activities are concentrated largely in the southern part of the continent...
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Loire (section Wine making)
and Vouvray. The Loire Valley itself follows the river through the Loire province to the river's origins in the Cévennes but the majority of the wine production...
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Pineau d'Aunis (category Red wine grape varieties)
which led to speculation that Chenin blanc, the notable Loire grape of Vouvray and Savennières, was a color mutation of Pineau d'Aunis. However, DNA testing...
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Azay-le-Rideau (section Wine)
Azay-le-Rideau is the centre of the Touraine Azay-le-Rideau AOC for white and rosé wine. Azay-le-Rideau is twinned with Croston in Lancashire, England. The exterior...
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Coteaux du Layon (category Noble rot wines)
sweet Vouvray, Coteaux du Layon wines tend to be more full-bodied, often sweeter, and slightly lower in acidity. Sweetness of wine Anjou wine Jancis...
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and are now playing key roles in producing the country's wide array of wines. The relative absence of many international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon...
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and lambig. A dominant wine region in France, Centre-Val de Loire is the origin of 3 notable wines: Vins de la Loire, Vouvray, and Sauvignon de Touraine...
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Stolen Portrait" Fantasy Island (1979-1982) as Vito Orsotti / Antoine de Vouvray CHiPs (1977-1983) as Charles / Emilio Walt Disney's Wonderful World of...
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Valmer Castle (section Wine growing)
generally the case in the Vouvray winegrowing region, the Chenin blanc grape variety is grown for a white wine of the AOC Vouvray and Grolleau for a rosé...
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