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1
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Which river flows through Bergerac?

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Dordogne

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What styles of wine are produced in Bergerac? What is Côtes de Bergerac?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties

Côtes=higher min Alc (11.5%, 11% whites)

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Where is Pécharmant AOP? Styles of wine?

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Bergerac

“ageable” reds

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What are the sweet wine appellations of Bergerac?

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Monbazillac
Saussignac
Rosette
Haut-Montravel
Côtes de Montravel
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What is the primary varietal of Monbazillac? Is mechanical harvesting allowed?

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Muscadelle

Nah, dawg

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What style of wine is Montravel?

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R, W, must be dry

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What river runs through Cahors? What styles of wine?

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Lot River

70% Malbec (Cot) w/ Tannat and Merlot

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What style of wine is in Madiran?

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Reds from Tannat w/ CF, CS, and Fer

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What is the sweet wine appellation of Madiran? What varietals?

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Pachereac de Vic-Bilh AOP

Petit Manseng, Petit Corbu, Arrufiac

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What styles of wine in Jurançon?

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Wines from Gros and Petit Manseng
Petit best for passerillage wines
Gros best for tangy dry wines
Also Petit Courbu, Camaralet, Louzet as secondary varietals

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What style of wine are in Irouégly and Béarn AOPs?

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Blanc=Petit and Gros Manseng, Courbu, Petit Courbu

R+R=CF, Tannat, CS (Béarn req’s 80% Tannat)

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What styles of wine are in Gaillac AOP?

How many Premières Côtes cummunes are there?

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Blanc=Mauzac, Muscadelle, Lende l’El

R+R=Duras, Fer, Syrah, Gamay (small amount of BDX varieties allowed)

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13
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What is Méthode Gaillaçaise?

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a variant of methode ancestrale used to make Gaillac mousseaux

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What style of wine is in Marcillac AOP?

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Reds from Fer (min 90%)

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What styles of wine in Buzet and Côtes de Duras AOP?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties

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What style of wine in Côtes de Marmandais?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties, regional grapes, and Syrah (particularly for reds)

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What style of wine is in Fronton AOP?

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R+R from 50% Negrette

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What style of wine is in Bugey-Cerdon?n

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Methodé Ancestrale rosés

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When did Bugey gain AOP status? What styles of wine are produced there?

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May 2009

R,W,R (still) and Bugey-Cerdon

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What style of wine is created in Roussette de Bugey AOP? Which communes may append name?

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100% Altese

Montagnieu and Virieule Grand

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21
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What is a skittle?

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traditional hourglass shaped bottle used in Provence

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What are the 4 sub-zones for red and rosé wines of Côtes-de-Provence?

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La Lande
Pierrafeu
Sainte-Victoire
Fréjus

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23
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Where is Domaine de Trevallon?

What is the basis for their red wine?

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Les Baux de Provence

CS

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What is the most notable producer in Coteaux Carois en Provence? What is unique about the estate?

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Dom. Triennes

release wines as vin de pays

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What are the 2 communal AOPs of Corsica?

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Ajaccio

Patrimonio

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26
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How many GC estates are there in Provence?

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23 originally classified in 1855

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27
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What is the VdN AOP of of Corse?

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Muscat du Cap Corse AOP

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28
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Where is Fitou AOP?
What are 2 sectors?
What style of wine?

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W. Languedoc
Fitou Maritime and Fitou Montagneux
Blends dominated by Carignan

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What style of wine is in Corbières-Boutenac?

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reds from Carignan

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What style of wine is in Minervois-la-Livinère?

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60% blend of Grenache, Lladon-Pelut, Mourvedre, Syrah (40% min Syrah+Mourv.)

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What style of wine is in Caburdès AOP?

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R+R from Grenache, Syrah, BDX varietals

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What style of wine is in Malpère AOP?

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min 50% Merlot, CF for red and rosé

33
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What styles of wine are in St.-Chinian AOP?

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blanc=clairette, Carignan Blanc, Viognier

R+R=GSM+accessory varieties

34
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what style of wine is in Faugères AOP?

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blanc=roussane, grenache blanc, marsanne, vermentino, clairette, viognier
R+R=GSM, lladone-pelut

35
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What are the main Communal AOPs of Jura?

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Côtes du Jura
l’Etoile
Arbois
Chateau Chalon

36
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What styles of wine are produced in Moselle?

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R, W, R from Auxerrois, PN

37
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What are 2 sub-zones of St-Chinian?

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Berlou

Roquebrun

38
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The crus of Marignan, Ripaille, and Crépy require min 80% of which varietal?

A

Chasselas

39
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What is Roussette de Savoie AOP? Which 4 communes can append to AOP?

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100% Roussette (Altese)

Frangy, Marestel, Monterminod, Monthoux

40
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What styles of wine are produced in Seyssel AOP?

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dry to off-dry
still=100% Altese
Mousseaux=Molette, Chasselas, min 10% Altesse

41
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Which cru of Savoie produces 100% Roussane?

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Chinin-Bergeron

42
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What are the red and white varietals of Savoie

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W=Jacquere (most), Altese, Roussane (Bergeron) and Chard.

R=Gamay, Mondeuse, PN

43
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What is the VdL AOP of Jura? What are it’s req’s?

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MacVin de Jura

R, W, R aged 1yr in oak after mutage

44
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What is a clavelin?

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a squat 62cl btl used for vin jaune

45
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What style of wine is produced in l’Etoile?

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Whites only
may be Chard, Savagnin, Poulsard
generally bottled late in oxidative style

46
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Which commune may append it’s name to Arbois AOP?

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Pupillin

47
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What styles of wine in Limoux AOP?

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White=Chard, Chenin, Mauzac (ferm in oak)
Red=Merlot based
Blanquette de Limoux=MT sparkler from 90% Mauzac

48
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What is the oldest purposefully made sparkling wine in France?

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Banquette de Limoux

49
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What are the varietals of Crémant de Limoux?

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Chard, Chenin w/ Mauzac and PN

50
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What are the 2 recent AOP additions of the Languedoc?

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Terrasses du Larzac (2014)
La Clape (2015)
51
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What are the fortified wine AOPs of Languedoc?

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Muscat de Mireval
Muscat de Lunel
Muscat de St-Jean-de-Minervois
Muscat de Frontignan (VdL or VdN)

52
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What style of wine is most important in Rousillon?

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VdN, 90% of country’s production is here

53
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What are the styles of wine in Rivesaltes AOP?

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VdN
Ambré and Tuille=oxidative style/aging
Grenat=aged reductively 1yr
Rosé
Extended aging for oxidative styles (up to 20 yrs)
varietal wines or blends (Mediterranean varietals)
Less than 5yrs aging=”hors d’age”

54
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What style of wine is in Maury AOP?

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VdN from Grenache Noir/Gris/Blanc

55
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What is continental France’s southernmost AOP?

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Banyuls AOP

56
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What are req’s for Banyuls and Banyuls GC AOP?

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Reggae=min 50% Grenace
GC=75% Grenache, 30 mo in barrel
if vintage dated, bottled in 1 yr, labelled “rimage”

57
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What are the unfortified wines of Banyuls released as?

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Collioure AOP (R, W, R)

58
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What styles of wine in Côtes du Rousillon Les Aspres

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reds from Syrah and Mourvedre

59
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Which 4 communes of Côtes-du-Rousillon-Villages may append to the name?

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Latour de France
Caramany
Lesquerde
Tautavel

60
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What is the overarching VdP AOP for Languedoc-Roussillon?

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Vin de Pays d’Oc

61
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Château Chalon AOP specializes in what style of wine?

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vin jaune (yellow wine)
oxidative style 
Savagnin
presence of yeast (voile)
unfortified
62
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What is vin de paille?

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Straw wine
specialty of Jura
labelled as Arbois, l’Etoile, Côtes du Jura
ripe (but unbotrytised) grapes dried 6 weeks
aged min 3yrs (18mo neutral oak)
RS+alc=approx 14%

63
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Primary varietals of Bandol rosé and rouge?

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Mourvèdre (50% min) Grenache, Cinsault

64
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Where is Patrimonio AOP?

Primary varietals?

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Limestone coast of Corse (Corsica)
blanc=100% Vermentinu
rosé=75% Nielluccio + (Grenache, Sciaccarello, Verm.)
Rouge=90% Nieulluccio + (Grenache, Sciaccrello, Verm.)

65
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Primary red varietals of Palette?

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GSM blends

66
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What are primary varietals of Cassis?

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Marsanne
Clairette
SB
Ugni Blanc

67
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What are primary red varietals of Bellet?

A

Braquet

Fuella Nera

68
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What is primary white varietal of Bellet?

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Rolle (Vermentino)

69
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Primary white varietals of Palette?

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Picardin, Clairette (+Rosé), Bourboulenc

70
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Jura soil type?

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Jurrassic Limestone

71
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Where is Bandol?

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South in Provence
Borders Med. Ocean
SE of Marseille

72
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Where is Cassis?

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in Provence
South, Coastal, Borders Med. Ocean
SE of Marseille

73
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Where is Palette?

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Landlocked in middle of Provence

74
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Where is Bellet?

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Provence

small AOP offset from rest of the region, surrounds Nice

75
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What are primary varietals of Vin de Savoie?

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Blanc=Aligoté, Altesse, Chard, Jacquère, Mondeuse Blanc, Velteliner Rouge
R+R=PN, Mondeuse, Gamay, CS, CF, Persan (in some apps)

76
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White varieties of Jura?

A

Chard and Savagnin

77
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Main red varieties of Jura?

A

Poulsard
Trousseau
PN

78
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which AOP of France requires the longest aging requirements?

A

Bandol

79
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What is the difference between Montravel and Côte de Montravel?

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Montravel is dry

Côtes de Montravel requires higher must weights and RS

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