Stretching along France\u2019s Mediterranean coast from Provence toward the Spanish border, Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the country\u2019s largest and most diverse wine-growing regions. Its warm, sunny climate, varied soils, and mix of coastal plains, hills, and mountains allow an impressive range of grapes and wine styles to thrive.<\/p>\n
Red wines dominate much of the region, with familiar Mediterranean varieties such as Grenache, Syrah, Mourv\u00e8dre, Carignan, and Cinsault<\/strong> playing important roles. Depending on where and how they are grown, these grapes can produce everything from bright, peppery, fruit-forward wines to rich, earthy, structured blends.<\/p>\n The region also offers plenty to explore on the white side. Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Picpoul, Macabeu, and Vermentino<\/strong> are among the grapes found here, producing wines that can range from crisp and refreshing to fuller, more aromatic styles. And closer to the Spanish border in Roussillon, Grenache also plays a starring role in the region\u2019s historic fortified sweet wines.<\/p>\n With so many grapes, appellations, and styles packed into one corner of southern France, Languedoc-Roussillon should give us plenty to talk about \u2014 and, more importantly, plenty to taste.<\/p>\n Languedoc-Roussillon $25 members, $35 guests*<\/p>\n *non-member guests may attend up to three wine tasting events. After that, we ask that you join the Red River Valley chapter of the American Wine Society. You won\u2019t regret it!<\/p>\n Next on the\u00a0AWS Tasting lineup: October 10 \u2013 Brunello and Rosso <\/strong>hosted by Michael and Clara Maddox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stretching along France\u2019s Mediterranean coast from Provence toward the Spanish border, Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the country\u2019s largest and most diverse wine-growing regions. Its warm, sunny climate, varied soils, and mix of coastal plains, hills, and mountains allow an impressive range of grapes and wine styles to thrive. Red wines dominate much of the region, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aws-event","category-education","category-valley-vine","category-wine-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, September 12, 7:00 pm
Hosted by:<\/strong> Tom and Barb Gravel, 1242 Cimarron Blvd., West Fargo<\/p>\n