History of Bordeaux wine to repeated encounters with Saxon longboats along the coast. These disruptions continued into the 5th century to the period of Frankish rule. Although domestically popular, French wine was seldom exported, as the areas covered by vineyards and the volume of wine produced was low. In the 12th century however, the popularity of Bordeaux wines increased dramatically following the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Aliénor d’Aquitaine. The marriage made the province of Aquitaine English territory, and thenceforth the majority of Bordeaux claret was exported in exchange for other goods. Upon the ascension of their son, Richard, to the English throne Bordeaux
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