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6 Oz Pour France Class 2

Doug has broken his French wine tasting classes up into about four classes based on region. This was Class TWO of France. It dealt with the regions around the Loire Valley and Bourdeaux and Alsace.

Though everyone Remember the US Salem which trials Alsace had 50,000 people burned at the stake. Never heard THAT in 6th grade History! There is a LOT of linkages between food and wine in the region. It is also just above the OLIVE line where Olives can be grown.

France 2

France the B Side
Oct 22 2026

1 Alsace Gewurts

2 Chard

3 Domaine Savenn

4 Bonhom Loire Valley

Second set 

5 JL Chave St Joe

6 Cuvée Composite

7 DomaineJurancon

Tonight we are doing Alscase
Lorraime Region wine regions.

Many to,es im a generation the controlling power has changed with each generation

Last plague in the 1300 they lost half the people.

Then the 100 years war again.

1600 50,000 witch trials
The expansion of Vinyards took place with the population drop.

Alsace is one few regions that lists the  grape on the label.

Gewurtz is an Italian Grape

Gewurtz goes with Pigs, rabbits, Root Vegs
 It is grown on the East side of the mountain s. North of the Alsace is the falseth

A lot of white grapes Pinot Griis

Wine 2

It can breathe for ten days and still change.

It's oily almost like a sherry.

Lemon and dried apple taste, Nut Almond. Chalk taste, Walnut taste.

There yeasts are unique that let oxygen in

Elinor of Octytaine got her marriage annulled

Bordeaux created a port of exchange

Wine 3 is a Chenin Blanc can reach 15% alcohol

Pairing with goat cheese oysters, Lemon se]queeze  Fish

E I hate Chenin Blanc but this is pretty good

Nicolas's Shovie Read books from, the Granfather of Biodynamics and chose not to fertilize and changed his principals of crop production

He would use a tunning fork to calibrate his barrels

Wine 4
Loire valley Cab Franc

SECOND SET

Southern France is the Butter/Olive oil line

Robson & Meksan and one red grape Syrah

 A knight from a mission created Hermitage

The river south of Bordeaux 

Before the 100 year war it added Malbec it had a 1000 names

Malbec would not root graph so it was held back It produces im Argentina''Chile went with Carberuare

Malbec is k

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