The oenology
The Domaine du Vern is ideally situated within close distance of two high quality wine regions,
the South-West wines and the Languedoc Roussillon. For more information…
- If you want to see more, let's go to watch about a little guide of the South-West finest wines:
South West finest wines map
The grey areas are A.O.V.D.Q.S. appellations contolled
Geographical situation
The vineyards of South-west extend on an immense surface which lies between the vineyard of Bordeaux in the West, the town of Millau in the east and the Basque Country in South-west. Departements :
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64),
- Landes (40),
- Gironde (33),
- Lot-et-Garonne (47),
- Lot (46),
- Tarn et Garonne (82),
- Haute-Garonne (31),
- Tarn (81).
History
As with many other French vineyards, the Romans introduced wine growing to the area. Some of its products have been famous for a long time, like Cahors wine which was already exported to England as far back as the 13 th century.
The monks of the Monastery of Madiran also produced a wine which was highly regarded by the French King Francis 1 st and by English Kings alike :
the Madiran obtained its A.O.C. appellation in 1948. Unfortunately the proximity of its better known neighbour and the absence of usable road links thwarted the growth of a vineyard already weakened by the phylloxera crisis.
But since the seventies it has managed to become the unique vineyard we now know.