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Sud de France Master- Level Webinar Program. Supported and endorsed by:. Webinar 1:. An Introduction to the Region and its History . Learning Objectives. See how 2,600 years of history have shaped the vineyards and wine industry of the LR today
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Sud de France Master-LevelWebinar Program Supported and endorsed by:
Webinar 1: An Introduction to the Region and its History
Learning Objectives • See how 2,600 years of history have shaped the vineyards and wine industry of the LR today • Discover hat aspects of this colorful history have influenced the wine world as a whole.
The EarlyYears Greeks Celts Romans • 200 BC – 476 AD 600 BC 500 BC
The Monastic influence (from the 6th century AD ) Abbaye de Valmagne Abbaye de Fontfroide The nave with large wine barrels in the side aisles
Charles martel & the battle of poitiers Charles Martel 688-741 AD The Battle of Poitiers (732)
Pepin le bref : Pepin the Short • Pepinthe Short, son of Charles Martel, father of Charlemagne, continedhisfather’swork. • MovedsouththroughRhône and Languedoc. • 752 : Nîmes and Béziers • 759 : Narbonne • 760 : Roussillon
Occitania TroubadourMédiéval Occitan
CATHARS • Christainsect • 2 main beliefs…Spirtual= god, material = bad • Peaceful people yetbeliefscompetelyopposed to Catholicchurch. • Brutal crusades of 13c wiped out • Legacy and stories live on The Cathars
Counts and kings • Arnaud de Villeneuve (1285) Aragon Crest Charlemagne and the Saxons
Discovery of sparkling wine (1531) Dom Pérignon Abbaye of Saint Hilaire
The thirty years war • 1659: Roussillon becomes French
Canal du Midi Canal du Midi: 1681
The railway system Paris- Lyon -Marseille : 1855
The GOLDEN AGE of Wine Early 19th Century. Rise of Bordeaux and Burgundy Emerging bourgeoisie Increasing wine consumption Languedoc-Roussillon quadrupled vineyard size in 25 years.
Narbonne Riot 1907 Riots of 1907 in Narbonne
Creation of AOC system Riots caused a seismic change. Prototype of AOC in Chateauneuf in 1923 Adopted 1936 with 4 in LR
The emergence of Co-ops Cave Co-op of Maraussan, the 1st Co-op in France Co-ops in the Languedoc in the 1950’s accounted for over 90% of the total wine produced in the region.
THE NEW WAY: VdP Introduced in 1983 Vins de Pays d’Oc: 1987