History of Bordeaux wine vintage was released. The export of Bordeaux was effectively halted by the outbreak of The Hundred Years' War between France and England in 1337 followed by the outbreak of the Black Death which ravaged the area. By the end of the conflict in 1453 France had repossessed the province, thus taking control of wine production in the region. As part of the Auld Alliance, Scots merchants were granted by the French a privileged position in the trade of claret, a position which continued largely unchanged with the cession of the military alliance between France and Scotland with the signing of
Niederlausitz (wine region) Lusatian wineries are not allowed to produce wine of all quality levels of the German wine classification. Only the lower part - "Tafelwein" (table wine) and "Landwein" (country wine) - and not the higher "quality wine" categories "Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete" (QbA) and "Prädikatswein" may be produced. Currently, the Niederlausitz region covers only of vineyards spread out over 14 locations. A peculiar aspect of the Niederlausitz region is that some of the vineyards are planted in former coal strip mines. Niederlausitz (wine region) Niederlausitz (Lower Lusatia) is a small region for table wine and country wine in eastern Germany, which was