French Southwest named Wine Region of the Year by the Wine Enthusiast

Author: Britt Karlsson
December 14, 2017

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Author: Britt Karlsson
December 14, 2017

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South-west, or Sud-Ouest in French, has been named ”Wine Region of the Year 2017” by the American wine magazine Wine Enthusiast. Congratulation! A well-deserved award to a wine region that makes a host of interesting and unusual wines.

Southwest is really a wine region for the curious wine lover. The region has 47,000 hectares of vineyards divided between 29 AOP and 13 IGP. It stretches from the Atlantic coast south of Bordeaux down to the Pyrenees. Some famous appellations are Madiran, Cahors, Bergerac, Gaillac and Jurançon. All are absolutely worth exploring although not all of them are easy to find on export markets.

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Britt Karlsson

Maker of World's Top Wine Tours. On WBI's Power List of wine journalists. Wine Profile of the Year 2011. We've been named World's Top Wine Tours by Travel + Leisure Magazine. We've written a wine book that won the award World's Best Wine Book for Professionals and another that's been awarded Best Wine Book in Sweden for Professionals. We had (probably) the first web site on wine in Scandinavia in 1996. We publish one of the most read independent wine newsletters on wine. And lots of other things we're proud of too.

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Britt Karlsson