History Flashcards
What is another name for the Northern Rhone?
Rhone Septentrionale
What is another name for the Southern Rhone?
Rhone Meridonale
Where did the Greeks establish winemaking in France? When?
Massalia in 600 BCE
-Modern Day Marseilles
What was the Rhone River used for with the Greeks?
Used to ship wine to Gaul from Massalia.
When did the Romans arrive in Southern Rhone?
125 BCE
When did viticulture spread to Northern Rhone?
By the 1st Century CE
Who constructed the terraces in Northern Rhone?
The Romans.
Who revived the vine after the Romans?
The Catholic Church
When did Southern Rhone become the center of Christian Europe?
1309
What influences did the Church have on the vine in Southern Rhone?
- Pope Clement V moved his court from Rome to Avignon.
- Pope John XXII began construction of CDP and planted the surrounding vineyards.
Until when did CDP remain the property of the papacy?
1791
When did CDP begin being bottled as CDP?
19th Century
Historically speaking, when was Hermitage most famous and why?
In the 18th and 19th Centuries.
-Merchants from Bordeaux would blend Hermitage into their wines to strengthen them
When did phylloxera hit the Rhone Valley
1863
-the first quality region to be hit
