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Excessive consumption
of alcoholic beverages is dangerous to
your health,
please consume in moderation.
Sales-tasting rooms are open in all of
the estates, winery cooperatives, tasting
cellars and major wine houses.
A cooperative winery is a group
of wine producers who deliver their respective
grape harvests to the cooperative. The
wines, blended and vinified on site, are
then marketed collectively. These cooperatives
generally feature a tasting and sales
room on site as well.
The winemaker
has a small estate or holding (seldom
more than 5 to 6 hectares). The harvest
is processed and bottled for sale, as
a range of wines limited to the local
appellations. Tasting is typically held
in a cellar with a decor full of period
charm.
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