Beaumes-de-Venise (; oc, Baumas de Venisa) is a

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in southeastern

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Name

The word "beaumes" comes from the Provençal word ''bauma'' meaning "cave" or "grotto". The surrounding hills have many of these caves that were inhabited during the

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Wine

The village gives its name to a sweet

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appellation, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise. It also gives its name to a drier red wine, formerly Côtes du Rhone Villages Beaumes-de-Venise, now

Beaumes de Venise AOC Beaumes de Venise is an appellation of wines from the eastern central region of the southern half of the Rhône Valley. It produces wines of two distinctly different types: 1. A sweet fortified wine of the type ''vin doux naturel'' (VDN), under ...

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Wine

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