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1 Aquitaine
The south west region of France, capital Bordeaux. It covers large parts of the historic provinces of Guyenne and Gascony, and stretches from Perigord in the north to the Pyrenees in the south. For more information seeAquitaine regional guide.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Aquitaine
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2 aquitain
aquitaine akitɛ̃, ɛn adjectif of Aquitaine* * *( féminin aquitaine) [akitɛ̃, ɛn] adjectifAquitaine nom propre fémininThis administrative region includes the départements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Atlantiques (capital: Bordeaux). -
3 Bordeaux
1) A major port city in southwest France, on the Gironde, and capital of the Aquitaine region.2) Wine, and wine growing region. With Burgundy and Champagne,the Bordeaux region is one of the three most famous wine-producing regionsin France. Historically, its fame is at least in part due to the fact that of these three big wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux vineyard is the only one with immediate access to the sea, an advantage that has enabled it to be France's major wine exporting region for many centuries.In 1152, when queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married the English king Henry II, the Aquitaine region became economically integrated into the Anglo-Norman world, the Bordeaux region becoming a major supplier of wine for England. This historic wine exporting tradition helped Bordeaux to develop far stronger commercial links in the ensuing centuries, firmly establishing Bordeaux wines, often referred to generically in English as "clarets", on the international market.The Bordeaux vineyard is centered round the port city of Bordeaux, along the estuary of the Gironde, and the rivers Garonne and Dordogne. It is a large vineyard, and the geo-specific appellation "Bordeaux" covers an area stretching some 100 km both north-south and east-west.While the appellation contrôlée covers wines of medium quality from all over this region, many if not most of the top quality clarets grown in the overall area benefit from more specific and distinctive area appellations, such as Médoc, Graves or Saint Emilion, and even more local appellations such as Pauillac, Graves and Saint-Estèphe.Unlike other wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux area operates classifications of many of its top wines, notably those from the Médoc and Saint Emilion vineyards. The best estates in these areas have the right to sell wines designated as grand cru. Below the grand crus come other high quality wines designated as cru bourgeois.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Bordeaux
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4 Massif Central
large area of uplands, covering central southern France from the Rhone to the western coastal plains. it includes most of theregions of the Auvergne and the Limousin, and parts of Rhone-Alpes, Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, and Languedoc. Large parts of the Massif Central are sparsely populated, notably the Cantal, the Creuse, the Aveyron, and Lozère departments, and part of the Haute Loire. With just 15 inhabitants per km², the Lozère department, which includes the uplands of the Aubrac and part of the Causses, is the most sparsely populated department in metropolitan France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Massif Central
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