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What are the main white grapes of the Northern Rhone?

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Viognier, Roussane, Marsanne

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What are the main red grapes of the Northern Rhone?

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Syrah

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What are the main AOCs of the Northern Rhone?

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Cote Rotie, Codrieu, Chateau Grillet, St Joseph, Hermitage, Crozes Hermitage, Cornas, & St Peray

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What is the main wine produced in Cote Rotie?

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Syrah with up to 20% viognier blended

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What is the only wine produced in Condrieu AOC?

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whites from Viognier

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What is the monopole within Condrieu AOC and what grape is grown there?

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Chat. Grillet - viognier

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What wines are produced in St Joseph?

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Reds from Syrah with up a small amount of rousanne/marsanne blended in, whites from marsanne/rousanne

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What is the soil like in Hermitage?

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Grapes are planted on south facing granite slopes

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What wines are produced in Hermitage?

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Reds - Syrah (sometimes marsanne/rousanne added), and Whites - Rousanne, Marsanne

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What wines are produced in Crozes-Hermitage?

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Syrah, Rousanne, Marsanne

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Where do the best red wines come from in the Northern Rhone?

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Cote Roties and Hermitage (Syrah)

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What wines are produced in Cornas AOC?

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Syrah -value wine

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What wines are produced in St-Peray?

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sparkling and still whites from rousanne and marsanne

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What are the main red grapes of the Southern Rhone?

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Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Counoise, Teret Noir, Vaccarese, Muscardin (primarily grenache based blends)

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What are the main whites grapes of the Southern Rhone?

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Rousanne, Clairette, Picpoul Blanc, Bourboulenc, Picardin, Grenache Blanc

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What are the main AOCs of the Southern Rhone?

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Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueras, Tavel, Lirac, Beaumes de Venise, Vinsobres, Rasteau, Cotes du Rhone Villages, Cotes du Rhone

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What are the 4 lesser AOCs of the Southern Rhone?

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Cotes du Ventox, Coteaux du Tricastin, Cotes du Luberon, Cotes du Vivarais,

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