Stretching from the River
Rhône to the Pyrenees
(
Pirenčus,
Pirineus,
Pyrénées),
the wine region is several times bigger than, for example,
Bordeaux or the wine growing region of Australia.
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The Languedoc-Roussillon region covers 27,400 square kms and five departments:
Some 160,000 hectares (400,000 acres) are planted with vines, which produce over 2 billion (2,000,000,000) bottles each year. Around 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) produce AOC Wines . though by volume than 25% of production is AOC compared to 50% vin de pays and moe than 25% vin de table. 50,000 growers either bottle their own wine or send it to one of the 400 co-ops, which account for 70% of the regional production.There are 2,800 private wineries. |
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Click on the following link for recommended
books on wines of the Languedoc-Roussillon 
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