History of Bordeaux wine dry, 3.2% for sweet). History of Bordeaux wine The history of Bordeaux wine spans almost 2000 years to Roman times when the first vineyards were planted. In the Middle Ages, the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine opened the Bordeaux region to the English market and eventually to the world's stage. The Gironde estuary and its tributaries, the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers play a pivotal role in the history and success of this region. Bordeaux wine production seems to have begun sometime after 43 AD, during the Roman occupation of Gaul, when the Romans established vineyards to
Alsace wine Alsace) is an approximately road, crossing the main wine producing areas of the region. From north to south, the following 67 communes crossed by the "Route" are: Alsace wine Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (in French: "Vin d'Alsace") (German: "Weinbau in Elsass") is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine. Because of its Germanic influence, it is the only "Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée" region in France to produce mostly varietal wines, typically from similar grape varieties to those used in German wine. Along with Austria and Germany, it produces some of the most noted dry Rieslings