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Consequently, the climate is more temperate than expected at this latitude: the annual mean temperature is about 1.5 °C higher. The climate is semi-continental and dry with hot springs, sunny and dry summers, long autumns and cold winters.
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elaboration represented 214,946 hectolitres, showing a rise of 35.6% compared with the mean of the five latest years. In 2005, it represented 273,733 hectolitres, a new rise of 27.3% in one year and about 36.5 million bottles. In 2006,
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On the western side, the Vosges
Mountains shield the Alsatian vineyards from wind and rain. Dominating western winds lose their moisture on the eastern side of the Vosges and arrive as
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Many wars, unfavorable economical circumstances and keeping of obsolete laws led through the following centuries
Alsatian wine next to the depths. This situation recovered after
136:'s vineyard in 589. There were 108 wine-producing villages in 800, 160 in 900 and 430 in 1400. By this time, Alsatian wine, red or white, was one of the most famous wines of
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of the many rivers and creeks flowing from the nearby heights. This explains the variety of the subsurface materials and their succession forming a true mosaic:
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grew to 33 million bottles in 2009 (22% of all AOC Alsace wines) while sales climbed from 2.2 million bottles in 1982 to 30 million bottles in 2009.
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After World War I and Alsace's return into France, the transposition of the French 1905-law about designation of origin forbade the use of the word
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represented the fourth of all AOC Alsace designations and gathered 500 winemakers together. A tenth of its production was exported, mainly into
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212:. The distinction between both products came by Pierre Hussherr, an earlier manager of Wolfberger, who retrieved the term
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116:. In comparison to champagne, crémant d'Alsace is usually at a lower price levels; crémant d'Alsace cannot
222:. On 4 July 1975, a law allowed the word "Crémant" only for sparkling wines under AOC-rules. After that,
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settled into Alsace to make sparkling wine and got around customs rights upon export towards
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550:(decreasingly ordered). In 2008, it represented 248,000 hectolitres, that was 5% more than in 2007.
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into the Alsace plain. The precipitation mean in Alsace is the lowest of all French vineyards and
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are harvested many days before grapes for the other Alsace AOCs. As with
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181:has been the first Alsatian winemaker to adapt the
112:The method of production is identical with that of
237:was defined by a decree too. On 21 June 1996, the
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736:on vinsalsace.com, official site of the CIVA
693:Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace
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420:Means of temperature and precipitation near
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708:Downloadable document on CIVA's site
499:wines, only pinot noir is allowed.
441:one of the dryest towns of France.
390:where the slope is rather smooth.
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635:. It suits seafoods and cheese.
603:Confrérie Saint-Étienne d'Alsace
581:(white wine from black grapes),
577:(white wine from white grapes),
513:In 2004, the grape harvest for
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52:Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée
241:consolidated the denomination
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18:Crémant d'Alsace AOC
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374:like granite, gneiss or
27:Sparkling Wine of France
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627:. It can be offered as
233:On 24 August 1976, the
678:Julien Dopff au Moulin
661:December 18, 2012, at
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190:Exposition Universelle
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734:AOC Crémant d'Alsace
561:Wines and gastronomy
504:AOC Crémant d'Alsace
235:AOC Crémant d'Alsace
228:Crémant de Bourgogne
70:and the designation
633:during a whole meal
411:Upper Rhine aquifer
239:European Parliament
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184:méthode champenoise
105:. Crémant d'Alsace
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386:covered by
301:Wintzenheim
166:, Cosse in
160:Ribeauvillé
145:World War I
83:pinot blanc
60:Alsace wine
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639:References
493:chardonnay
485:pinot gris
481:pinot noir
422:Strasbourg
361:sandstones
345:limestones
305:Andolsheim
293:Ingersheim
247:Luxembourg
134:Marlenheim
103:chardonnay
91:pinot noir
87:pinot gris
62:region of
587:millésimé
508:Champagne
468:Champagne
321:Oligocene
297:Riquewihr
289:Eguisheim
268:, in the
257:Geography
220:Champagne
210:Champagne
179:Riquewihr
164:Bergholtz
156:Champagne
114:champagne
99:auxerrois
78:in 1996.
761:Category
711:Archived
691:Source:
659:Archived
629:apéritif
607:Varietal
473:riesling
395:alluvium
380:Osenbach
349:granites
285:Bennwihr
168:Pfastatt
132:praised
95:riesling
50:) is an
695:(CIVA).
595:sigillé
571:bottles
532:Denmark
528:Germany
524:Belgium
407:aquifer
403:gravels
368:plutons
325:Miocene
251:Crémant
243:Crémant
215:Crémant
203:Épernay
154:, some
124:History
72:Crémant
599:sealed
540:Sweden
495:. For
439:Colmar
357:gneiss
353:shales
337:graben
273:Alsace
270:region
266:France
138:Europe
64:France
388:loess
384:marls
376:slate
329:Rhine
195:Paris
615:rosé
613:and
591:rosé
583:brut
546:and
502:The
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401:and
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370:and
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