WINES FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY

 

 

Loire Valley

 

Dubbed ‘the Garden of France’, the Loire Valley is known worldwide for its magnificent chateaux, its rich past, and increasingly for its wines, particularly its whites and rosés! Here is a closer look at the Loire Valley wine industry.

LOIRE VALLEY VINEYARDS

 

5

WINE REGIONS

Pays Nantais, Anjou, Saumur, Touraine and Centre-Loire.

57 000

HECTARES

of bearing vines.

51

APPELLATIONS

 

THE MARKET FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES

 

315

MILLION BOTTLES SOLD

a year, or 10 bottles a second

1st

PRODUCER

of white wines in France. And 2nd for rosé wines.

70

MILLION BOTTLES

in exports to 160 countries (or 20% of production).

FINDING A LOIRE VALLEY WINE

 

The Loire Valley wine industry

 

3 600

WINEGROWERS

 

410

NEGOCIANTS

 

21

CO-OPERATIVE WINERIES

 

Finding a Loire Valley Producer

 

Wine tourism in the Loire Valley

 

 

The Loire Valley ranks first for the quality of hospitality (joint first with Alsace).

350

WINERIES

Geared to tourism

1000

ESTATES

open to the public

1/3

FOREIGNERS

among annual visitors

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