1. Supported and endorsed by: Sud de France Master-Level Webinar Program

2. Webinar 1: An Introduction to the Region and its History

3. See how 2,600 years of history have shaped the vineyards and wine industry of the LR today Discover hat aspects of this colorful history have influenced the wine world as a whole. Learning Objectives

4. The Early Years Greeks 600 BC500 BC 200 BC – 476 AD Celts Romans

5. VIA DOMITIA

6. The Monastic influence (from the 6th century AD ) Abbaye de Valmagne The nave with large wine barrels in the side aisles Abbaye de Fontfroide

7. Charles martel & the battle of poitiers Charles Martel 688-741 AD The Battle of Poitiers (732)

8. Pepin le bref : Pepin the Short Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel, father of Charlemagne, contined his father’s work. Moved south through Rhône and Languedoc. 752 : Nîmes and Béziers 759 : Narbonne 760 : Roussillon

9. Occitania Troubadour Médiéval Occitan

10. The Cathars Christain sect 2 main beliefs…Spirtual = god, material = bad Peaceful people yet beliefs competely opposed to Catholic church. Brutal crusades of 13c wiped out Legacy and stories live on CATHARS

11. Counts and kings Charlemagne and the Saxons Aragon Crest Arnaud de Villeneuve (1285)

12. Discovery of sparkling wine (1531) Dom PérignonAbbaye of Saint Hilaire

13. The thirty years war 1659: Roussillon becomes French

14. Canal du Midi Canal du Midi: 1681

15. The railway system Paris- Lyon -Marseille : 1855

16. The GOLDEN AGE of Wine Early 19 th Century. Rise of Bordeaux and Burgundy Emerging bourgeoisie Increasing wine consumption Languedoc-Roussillon quadrupled vineyard size in 25 years.

17. Phylloxera (1870 s )

18. Narbonne Riot 1907 Riots of 1907 in Narbonne

19. Creation of AOC system Riots caused a seismic change. Prototype of AOC in Chateauneuf in 1923 Adopted 1936 with 4 in LR

20. The emergence of Co-ops Cave Co-op of Maraussan, the 1st Co-op in France Co-ops in the Languedoc in the 1950’s accounted for over 90% of the total wine produced in the region.

21. THE NEW WAY: VdP Introduced in 1983 Vins de Pays d’Oc: 1987

22. 2000 to now

23. Quantity to Quality

24. location