History Flashcards
First written reference to wines of Bordeaux from whom?
Ausonius (310-393 AD)
Bordeaux place name used by the Greeks and Romans
Burdigala
Ancient vine mentioned by Pliny the Elder
Biturica
Which tribe invaded and occupied Bordeaux for 100 years after fall of Rome?
The Visigoths
By the 12th century Bordeaux made mostly red wine. True or false?
True
Who married who in 1152?
Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry Plantagenet
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry Plantagenet married in what year?
1152
Eleanor of Aquitaine annulled her marriage with who to marry Henry Plantagenet?
French King Louis VII
Eleanor and Henry supposedly drank what on their wedding day?
Ch d’Issan
Henry Plantagenet became King Henry __ of England
II
Hundred Years War years
1337-1453
116 years
Ships departing Bordeaux port were exempt from what? Why?
Grand coutume (export tax) In-land port
Middle Ages: ship journey from Bordeaux to UK took how long?
15 days
1306-1307: How much Bordeaux shipped to UK?
900,000 hectolitres
24 million gallons
225L barrique size regulation introduced in what year?
1854
1 tonneau/ton = ____ pipes or butts
2 pipes or butts
1 pipe = ___ barriques
2 barriques
1 barrique = ___ cases of wine
25 cases
1 barrique = ___ litres
225 litres
Tonneau still in use in what region?
Alsace
Haut-Pays encompassed which 4 regions?
Gaillac
Bergerac
Quercy (Cahors)
Nérac (Buzet)
What was the Bordeaux Privilege?
Bordelais prohibited arrival of wines from Haut Pays from 8th September to 11th November. Sometimes 25th December. Protectionist measure which ensured healthy Bordeaux sales when English fleet arrived to collect wine for Christmas
How did Haut Pays get around the Bordeaux Privilege?
Sailing down the Dordogne (entering Gironde below Bordeaux jurisdiction)
Sailing down Garonne to St Macaire, off loading and hauling to Bergerac and completing journey from there via the Dordogne