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Which is the longest river in France

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Loire

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Which is the most diverse area in the word for vineyards?

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Loire valley

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Which are the hazards for Loire valley climate?

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Spring frost and hail storms

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Maceration pelliculaire

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Skin contact

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Where does the river Loire start

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Massif Central

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4 sub region of Loire

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Central vineyards
Touraine
Anjou-samur
Nantais

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Where is cremant de Loire and rose de Loire produced

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Anjou and semur

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What area does IGP Val de Loire cover?

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The entire Loire valley district

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Cote de Forez AOC

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First district to receive AOC
Red and rose from Gamay

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Cote Roannaise AOC

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Red from Gamay and a little bit from Pinot noir

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Cotes d’auvergne AOC

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Red
White
Rose

95% planting is Gamay d’auvergne

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Pouilly-fumè soil

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Silex
Terre Blanche
Limestone, flint and sandstone

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Grape for Pouilly-fumè

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Sauvignon blanc

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What are other names for Pouilly-fumè wine

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Pouilly blanc fumè
Blanc fume de pouilly

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What is the grape for Pouilly-sur-loire AOC

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Chasselas

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Grapes for Sancerre

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Sauvignon blanc for white
Pinot noir for red

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Types of soils in Sancerre

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Terre Blanche:kimmeridgeon clay
Callotes: small stones over limestone
Silex: flint stones over limestone

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Menetou-salon AOC

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Sauvignon blanc
Pinot noir and Gamay

White red and rose

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Quincy AOC

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The AOC is only for white - Sauvignon blanc

Red and rose are classified as vin de pays

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Reuilly AOC

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Sauvignon blanc for white
Red and rose Pinot noir and gris

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Coteaux du Giennois AOC

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Red and rose from Gamay and Pinot noir
White from Sauvignon blanc

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Chateaumeillant AOC

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Red and rose from Gamay, Pinot noir and Pinot gris

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Vin d’orlenais

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White from Chardonnay and Pinot gris
Red from Pinot noir and meunieur

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Orleans clery AOC

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Red only from Cabernet franc

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Soil in Touraine
Limestone Clay over tuffeau (type of limestone)
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Valencay AOC
White: Sauvignon blanc Red and rose: Pinot noir, Gamay and Malbec
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Cheverny AOC and Cour-Cheverny AOC
White: Sauvignon blanc + max 15% Chardonnay, Chenin blanc and/or arbois Red: 40-65% gamay, Cabernet franc, Pinot noir and Malbec Cour-cheverny: white made entirely from romorantin grape
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Vouvray AOC Grape Soil
White: Chenin blanc + small % arbois Tufa soil
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Montlouis-sur-Loire grape
Chenin blanc
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What is a tributary to the Loire river
Loir
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3 AOC around the Loir river
Jasnières AOC: Chenin Blanc Coteaux du Loire AOC: - Red: Pinot d’aunis, Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay and Pinot noir - rose: up to 25% grolleau - white: Chenin blanc
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Coteaux Vendomois AOC
W: up to 20% Chardonnay is permitted R: no Cabernet Sauvignon Rose: pineau d’aunis
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Bourgueil and saint-Nicolas-de bourgueil Soil Grape Type of wine
Limestone Red from Cabernet franc and up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon Both produce rose
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Chinon AOC Grapes and soil
Red: 90% Cabernet franc and up to 10%cabernet Sauvignon White: Chenin blanc Rose Soil: sand and gravel, tuffeau jaune
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Rosè de Loire
Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, Pinot d’aunis and Gamay
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Cabernet d’anjou
Blend of Cabernet franc and Cabernet Sauvignon There could also be cot (Malbec), Gamay and Pinot noir
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Rosè d’anjou
Blend of grolleau and Cabernet franc
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Anjou blanc
80% Chenin blanc Max 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc
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What Anjou village produce?
red from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet franc White from Chenin blanc
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Saumur soil
Tuffeaux (limestone)
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How are the sparkling produced in Saumur called and what grapes are allowed
Saumur mousseaux Cremant de Loire Chenin blanc and max 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc
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Saumur-champigny soil and grapes
Tuffeau jeaune Min 85% Cabernet franc (the rest can be Pinot d’aunis or Cabernet Sauvignon)
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Coteaux du Layon: what is the river where it is based the city?
Layon
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What is the grape for sweet coteaux du Layon
Chenin blanc
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How much is the residual sugar in the grapes for SGN in coteaux du Layon
323 g/l
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Which are two sweet wine AOC in Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux du Layon chaume grand cru: 272 g/l and 68 in the wine Quarts de chaume premier cru: 298 g/l and 85 in the wine
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Bonnezeaux SGN rules
323 g/l No oak Passerillage or noble rot
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Coteaux de l’aubance River Grapes SGN
Aubance river Chenin blanc Min 230g/l SGN 294 g/l and 34 in the wine
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Savenieres monopole and by whom it is owned Grape Soil
Culèe de serrant Nicolas Joy Chenin blanc Volcanic soil
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Haut-pitou AOC
Red, rose and white Sauvignon blanc Chardonnay Pinot blanc Up to 20% Chenin blanc
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4 AOC a Nantais
Muscadet Muscadet sevre et maine Muscadet grand lieu Muscadet Coteaux du Loire
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4 AOC a Nantais when can they be sold
1march-30 November following year of harvest
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Grape of the Nantais region
Melon de Bourgogne
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2011 new appellation cru communal in Nantais - two most important + when can they be sold
Muscadet sevre et maine le paillette AOC Muscadet sevre et maine le Giuliane AOC 1 April - two years after harvest 30 October -two years after harvest for the rest
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Rules for 2011 new appellation cru communal in Nantais
6 years old vine Alchol 11-12% Tasting panel Heals max 45hl/ha
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Gros plant du Pays Nantais AOC grape
Folle Blanche
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Coteaux d’ancenis AOC wines
Red and rose from Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet franc and up to 5% gamay
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By what Anjou-Saumur are protected
Mauges hills
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What is a particularity if the Chenin blanc grape
Bunches reaches different levels of ripeness
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Where is sparkling Chenin produced
Saumur
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Where do we find the best sweet wines of Loire
Coteaux du Layon
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How is melon blanc also called
Muscadet Melon de Bourgogne
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Best cities in Loire where Cabernet franc grows
Chinon Bourgueil Saint Nicolas de bourgueil
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Where in Loire do we find dry crisp white
Muscadet Sancerre Pouilly funè
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Where in Loire do we find rose
Anjou
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Where in Loire do we find sparkling
Anjou Touraine Vouvray Saumur
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Where in Loire do we find sweet
Vouvray Coteaux du Layon
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Where in Loire do we find full bodied red
Chinon Saumur Bourgueil
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Which appellation only produce white
Vouvray and mountluis Chenin blanc

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