STUDYING FOR FWS?

HERE ARE MY ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES THAT HELP ME REMEMBER IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE MAPS OR DATES. I THREW IN SOME FUN FACTS BECAUSE WHY NOT. FOR BEST RESULTS: USE ALONG WITH YOUR STUDYING FOR VISUAL MEMORY RECALL IF THAT’S YOUR THING!

jura: home to savagnin (my guilty pleasure)

DID YOU KNOW?

  • THE JURASSIC ERA WAS NAMED AFTER THE JURA MOUNTAINS, WHERE THE FIRST DINOSAUR FOSSILS WERE DISCOVERED.

  • TROUSSEAU IS KNOWN AS BASTARDO IN PORTUGAL.

  • ARBOIS IS DERIVED FROM ‘AR’ AND ‘BOS’ MEANING FERTILE LAND.

champagne:the bubbly life of the party 

DID YOU KNOW?

  • THE FIRST CHAMPAGNE HOUSE WAS RUINART IN 1729.

  • CHAMPAGNE HAS THE MOST CO-OPS THAN ANY OTHER FRENCH REGION.

BOURGOGNE: take a sip when someone says ‘terroir’

BURGUNDY 'S VITICULTURAL HISTORY

BURGUNDY 'S VITICULTURAL HISTORY

CHABLIS

DID YOU KNOW?

  • CHABLIS HAS ONLY ONE GRAND CRU. THE 7 CLIMATS ARE OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR SEPARATE GRAND CRUS.

  • LA MOUTONNE IS AN UNOFFICIAL CLIMAT AND IS A MONOPOLE, OR SOLELY OWNED BY ALBERT BICHOT.

SAVOIE:SO MANY NURSERIES!

DID YOU KNOW?

  • SAVOIE PRODUCES OVER 20% OF FRANCE’S GRAFTED GRAPEVINES. (THAT EXPLAINS THE NURSERIES)

  • IF A VIN DE SAVOIE AOC WINE IS VARIETALLY LABELED, IT MUST BE 100% OF THAT VARIETY.

  • THE LANDSLIDE OF MONT GRANIER DESTROYED FIVE VILLAGES IN 1248.

YOU ARE HERE:

LOIRE VALLEY: THE GARDEN OF FRANCE

DID YOU KNOW?

  • THE LOIRE VALLEY IS FRANCE’S LARGEST WHITE WINE PRODUCING REGION

  • IT IS ALSO THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCING REGION OF SPARKLING WINE

  • AND… THE THIRD LARGEST OVERALL PRODUCER OF AOC WINE

  • THE UPPER LOIRE IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘VOLCANIC LOIRE’ DUE TO THE CHAIN OF EXTINCT VOLCANOES.

FRIENDLY REMINDER: These are just my notes and this is how I study. It is not intended to replace the educational material. This is a visual aid for anyone else also studying FWS. You may not steal my art for your own personal profit or business. These are not in any particular order. I am not affiliated with WSG or FWS.