Elite luxury travel: Wine tourism in France

There is no doubt that France can be found the world’s best premium wines and champagne. France is one of the oldest wine producing region in Europe. Consumers always interest in wine, particularly quality wine, and all wine-lovers have got an excellent opportunity to taste the best France wine during the Wine tour around France. Wine tourism was born in the early 1980s when wine-makers realized the advantages of selling their wines directly to consumers and have gradually opened their cellars to visitors.

Thus, more than 20 per cent of Burgundy wines and 23 per cent of Alsace wines are now being sold direct to tourists from the cellar door. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in the French wine industry which has assisted in its development as a tourism asset. Burgundy is one of the most charming regions in France and tourists from all over the world enjoy having a rest and tasting the best wine here. Less then 200 km north-east of Paris starts the Champagne region. Think Veuve Clicquot, Moët et Chandon, Ruinart, Krug, Pommery, Dom Pérignon.

Bordeaux is the most extensive wine producing region of France. Think Petrus, Yquem, Cheval-Blanc, Mouton Rothschild, Château-Margaux, Haut-Brion. Mostly reds made up of a blend of red grapes. Mostly white wines produced near picturesque villages in France’s northeast boundary. Twelve different varieties of grape are grown in Alsace: gewürztraminer, riesling, pinot gris small-fruited white and pink muscat, muscat ottonel, pinot blanc, white auxerrois, pinot noir, white sylvaner, white and pink chasselas, klevener d’Heiligenstein (or pink savagnin), and chardonnay. And not for nothing there’s a popular saying: ‘In France, there are as many wines as vineyards’.
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