Faugères AOC
Faugères (also known as Coteaux-du-Languedoc Faugères) is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in France and is named after the town of Faugères, which lies 30 km north of Béziers, in the foothills of the Massif Central, in the département of Hérault. It is a local classification within the Coteaux-du-Languedoc AOC. History The Middle Ages Faugères is not the oldest winemaking area in Languedoc. In the Middle Ages, its land was mainly used for growing grain, and olives. However, there was some viticulture, most notably the production of altar wine. The Modern Period Faugères started to flourish as a wine-producing area around the time of the French revolution, i.e. around the start of the 19th century. Local wine was in fact mainly used to produce a type of ''eau de vie'', using a distilling method from the Charente region, that was previously unknown in the Languedoc. This method was called 'fine', so this eau de ...
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