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1
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What is another name for the Northern Rhone?

A

Rhone Septentrionale

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What is another name for the Southern Rhone?

A

Rhone Meridonale

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3
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Where did the Greeks establish winemaking in France? When?

A

Massalia in 600 BCE

-Modern Day Marseilles

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4
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What was the Rhone River used for with the Greeks?

A

Used to ship wine to Gaul from Massalia.

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5
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When did the Romans arrive in Southern Rhone?

A

125 BCE

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6
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When did viticulture spread to Northern Rhone?

A

By the 1st Century CE

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7
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Who constructed the terraces in Northern Rhone?

A

The Romans.

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8
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Who revived the vine after the Romans?

A

The Catholic Church

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9
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When did Southern Rhone become the center of Christian Europe?

A

1309

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10
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What influences did the Church have on the vine in Southern Rhone?

A
  • Pope Clement V moved his court from Rome to Avignon.

- Pope John XXII began construction of CDP and planted the surrounding vineyards.

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11
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Until when did CDP remain the property of the papacy?

A

1791

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12
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When did CDP begin being bottled as CDP?

A

19th Century

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13
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Historically speaking, when was Hermitage most famous and why?

A

In the 18th and 19th Centuries.

-Merchants from Bordeaux would blend Hermitage into their wines to strengthen them

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14
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When did phylloxera hit the Rhone Valley

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1863

-the first quality region to be hit

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