After the Greek presence in the seventh century before J-C, the Roman Empire in Gaul Narbonne organizes the cultivation of vines that spreads and is exported widely. In the early Middle Ages, the vineyard was abandoned during the invasions, from the east or south. From the eighth century, thanks to the Abbeys, the culti...
After the Greek presence in the seventh century before J-C, the Roman Empire in Gaul Narbonne organizes the cultivation of vines that spreads and is exported widely. In the early Middle Ages, the vineyard was abandoned during the invasions, from the east or south. From the eighth century, thanks to the Abbeys, the cultivation of vines resumed in plain and on the hills, abbeys. In the sixteenth century, expanding the hillside on crops predominate in the eighteenth century half the land is occupied by vineyards. After a short decline, due to phylloxera, downy mildew, powdery mildew and various diseases, Languedoc returns with the advent of modern treatments. In the nineteenth, Languedoc supplies 40% of domestic production is present in four departments: Aude, Gard, Hérault and the Eastern Pyrenees, the vineyard covers 43 000 hectares and produitenviron 1.9 million hectoliters per year, according to the crop . AOC "Languedoc" is obtained in 1985