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
Stargarder Land (wine region) in 2006 had of vineyards, and the largest was Rheinhessen with . Thus, Stargarder Land is something of a newly created oddity in the German wine regulations, and the region is generally not considered as Germany's 14th "Anbaugebiet", but rather as a smaller district which leads its own existence outside the regions. The region's wine is produced by two small winemaking cooperatives, one in Rattey (Schloss Rattey) operating and one in Burg Stargard on . The amount of wine produced is so small that it is not sold commercially, but rather handed out as dividend to the members of the