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Are Rhone valley and Cotes du Rhone the same ?
Cotes
du Rhone is only a part of the Rhone Valley.
Cotes
du Rhone is a wine appellation (wine name) in the Rhone valley.
It is actually the biggest one with a total production of
250 million bottles of wine.
Cotes
du Rhone spreads in the Southern region of the Rhone valley.
Wine in Cotes du Rhone is usually red and fruity.
Other
appellations in the Rhone are Hermitage, Chateuneuf du pape,
Cote Rotie, Cotes du Ventoux among others.
There
is also a "Cotes du Rhone Villages" appellation
which is different from Cotes du Rhone. The Villages wines
are supposedly better.
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