{"id":62,"date":"2007-04-18T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/france\/2007\/04\/french-wine.html"},"modified":"2016-05-18T08:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T08:30:29","slug":"french-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/france\/2007\/04\/french-wine.html","title":{"rendered":"French Wine Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5pxx;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Uxze8Wy-GLs\/Tgm6zgsDPSI\/AAAAAAAAD9M\/nDyoM-Y8DTI\/w300-h200-n-k\/IMG_8721.JPG\" alt=\"Bistro Window in Paris\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\">Parisian Bistro<\/span><\/div>\n<p>France is famous for wine, and French wines are some of the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>While there are many regions that produce French wine, the most famous wine growing regions in France are Bordeaux, Burgandy (Bourgogne), the Rhone Valley, and Champagne. These French wine regions are popular destinations for visitors, who can enjoy wine tours and tastings.<\/p>\n<p>French wine can be complicated and confusing due to strict French laws on wine, but it generally falls into one of four categories (these are in order of quality): Vin de Table (French table wine), Vin de Pays, Vin Delimite de Qualite Superieure, and Appelation d&#8217;Origine Controllee.<\/p>\n<p>If your knowledge of French wine isn&#8217;t top notch, a knowledgeable salesperson in a French wine shop can help you pick out a bottle. Wine shops in Paris and other cities in France include the popular Nicolas, which has a wine store on seemingly every street in the capital, and smaller independent shops like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/france\/2006\/12\/paris-shopping-specialty-beverage-shops.html\">Cave Elzevir<\/a> in Paris, which holds tastings and short seminars on French wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parisian Bistro France is famous for wine, and French wines are some of the best in the world. While there are many regions that produce French wine, the most famous wine growing regions in France are Bordeaux, Burgandy (Bourgogne), the Rhone Valley, and Champagne. 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