Blaye (French: [blaj] ) is a wine region in Bordeaux, centred on the town of Blaye, producing both red and white wine, plus a small amount of rosé and...

planting for sparkling wines and Ugni blanc for cognac. Blaye AOC Blaye-Côtes-de-Bordeaux AOC (formerly Premières-côtes-de-Blaye AOC), a sub-appellation...

Blaye (French: [blaj] ; Occitan: Blaia pronounced [ˈblajɔ]) is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern...

800 volunteers. A similar event is the Marathon des premières côtes de Blaye. The circuit crosses the vineyards and chateaux of Pauillac, Saint-Julien...

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...

Bordeaux wine (Occitan: vin de Bordèu; French: vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on...

department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is in the Blaye wine region of Bordeaux, with the Château Mercier and Vignobles Briolais vineyards...

major wine regions of Bordeaux, its presence in Bordeaux has dwindled; the only significant plantings are in the regions of the Côtes-de-Bourg, Blaye and...

coteaux de la Loire AOC Muscadet Côtes de Grand-Lieu AOC Premières Côtes de Blaye AOC Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux AOC Saumur AOC Touraine AOC Bordeaux AOC Cabernet...

of the country of Libournais (the area around Libourne), in a region of wine hills, Saint-Émilion is a medieval city located at the crossroads of Bordeaux...

there were some vines growing in the Entre-Deux-Mers, Saint-Émilion and Blaye, the Médoc during this period was virtually a barren marshland. At the turn...

birthplace of Montesquieu The Gironde estuary seen from the citadel of Blaye Grottoes of Ferrand Château d'Eck Cantons of the Gironde department Communes...

cannons. Fort Paté, together with Fort Médoc and the ancient citadelle of Blaye, defended the estuary and Bordeaux. During the French Revolution the fort...

world capital of wine: many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde, and the city is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo. Bordeaux...

châteaux" or road "D2" which runs through the centre of the prestigious wine appellations. It stretches from Blanquefort in the South (close to Bordeaux)...

2007 vintage. The ban applied to all wines, also extending to those wineries in Sauternes, Côtes-de-Bourg and Blaye who used the term. The Alliance des...

and Bordeaux. The town gives its name to a wine making appellation, Barsac AOC, that produces sweet white wines. The town and its vineyards are separated...

designated white wines include Bordeaux-Haut-Benauge (maximum harvest yield of 50 hl/ha), Côtes de Bourg (but not the Côtes de Blaye) and Entre-Deux-Mers...

Maurice Samuel (1895–1972), novelist and translator Măcin is twinned with: Blaye "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved...

Lalande-de-Pomerol produces similar wines which are shorter-lived and less expensive. French wine Bordeaux wine Plan Bordeaux Communes of the Gironde...

Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye, in the Gironde département Saint-Aubin-de-Bonneval, in the Orne département...

that of the surrounding towns: Saint-Émilion, Libourne, Fronsac, Bourg, Blaye. Bordeaux thus finds itself surrounded. On August 13, 1453, the King of...

undertook an expedition to Malta. In 1570 he was established as governor of Blaye, an important fortress town on the Gironde. With various other grandees...

major wine growing appellations of the Médoc. The 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) of vineyards around the villages of St-Julien and Beychevelle produce wine of relative...

France and at its peak production it was grown as far north as the Côtes-de-Blaye region and as far south as the foothills of the Pyrenees. In the early 19th...

healed a sick person and built the church. The Church of Saint-Romain-de-Blaye, current and several times revised, dates from the 13th century. There was...

southwestern France. It is also a wine region within the Graves portion of Bordeaux that produces sweet white dessert wines, named "Sauternes" after the commune...

businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye. After indirectly witnessing a murder in a café, she returns to the scene...

to assemble a day's march from Bordeaux; the strongly fortified town of Blaye was situated on the north bank of the Gironde only 25 miles (40 km) downstream...

English captured the towns of Macau (31 October), Bourg (1 November) and Blaye. The fleet then sailed up the Garonne to Bordeaux, however was unable to...