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    Sancerre (wine)

    Sancerre is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine produced in the environs of Sancerre in the eastern part of the Loire valley, southeast of Orléans.
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    Sancerre

    Sancerre is a medieval hilltop town (ville), commune and canton in the Cher department of central France overlooking the Loire River. ... The vineyards were replanted in Sauvignon Blanc (also see Sancerre (wine)).
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    Crottin de Chavignol

    Crottin de Chavignol is the most famous goat cheese of the many varieties produced in the Loire Valley. ... The dish is said to go well with a Sancerre wine from its home region.
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    Siege of Sancerre

    The Siege of Sancerre (1572–1573) was a siege of the fortified hilltop city of Sancerre in central France during the Wars of Religion where the Huguenot population held out for nearly eight months against the Catholic forces of the king. ... In payment of damages and taxes for the siege, King Charles IX accepted 2000 liters of wine as compensation, taken from the caves of Sancerre.
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    Loire Valley (wine)

    The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the Loire River from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France. In between are the regions of Anjou, Saumur, Bourgueil, Chinon, and Vouvray.
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    List of wine-producing regions

    This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. ... Sancerre
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    Sauvignon blanc

    Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety which originates from the Bordeaux region of France. ... In France, Sauvignon blanc is grown in the maritime climate of Bordeaux (especially in Entre-Deux-Mers, Graves and Pessac-Leognan as a dry wine, and in Sauternes as a sweet wine) as well as the continental climate of the Loire Valley (as Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre, and Sauvignon de Touraine).
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    Texas wine

    Texas has a long history of wine production. ... Despite being the largest of conterminous states, this relatively small amount of planted land is dwarfed by the production of even the smallest French AOCs like Sancerre.
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    Anjou wine

    Anjou wine is produced in the Loire Valley wine region of France near the city of Angers. ... Along with the wines produce further east in Touraine, Anjou-Saumur make what is collectively know as the "Middle Loire" (as opposed to the "Upper Loire" which includes the wine regions of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
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    New Zealand wine

    New Zealand wine is largely produced in ten major wine growing regions spanning latitudes 36° to 45° South and extending 1,600 km (1,000 miles). ... The most famous had been France’s Sancerre.

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