Bandol is a wine AOC in the Provence region of France, on the outskirts of Toulon. A glass of white wine This article is about the beverage. ... The French designation Appellation dOrigine Contrôlée (AOC), roughly translated to term of origin, is a certification granted to certain French wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products by a government bureau known as the Institut National des Appellations dOrigine (INAO). ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ...

The red wines are the most famous, they are very powerful wines with great ageing potential, predominantly made from the Mourvèdre grape, and are considered to be the finest examples of wines made from this grape which is not widespread in other regions (although some is grown in Australia). Other permitted grapes for the red wines are Grenache, Cinsaut, and small quantities of Syrah and Carignan. Small quantities of white wines are made, from Clairette, Ugni Blanc, Bourboulenc and Sauvignon Blanc. The majority of the wines are rosés, although neither the whites nor rosés are widely known outside the region. The rosés can be made from any of the red or white grapes. Mourvèdre is a variety of wine grape grown around the world, and is Spains second-most important red wine grape after Garnacha, and was once Provences most popular grape. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... Grenache is a sweet red grape variety grown primarily for the making of wine. ... Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine France. ... Shiraz is one name, equivalent to Syrah, for a noble grape variety widely used to make dry red table wine. ... Carignan (in French; Spanish Cariñena, Italian Carignano, Spanish variety of grape that originated in Cariñena, Aragon and was later transplanted to Italy, Algeria, and much of the New World. ... Trebbiano is a white grape used to make white wine, and the most common white grape variety in Italy, accounting for around a third of all Italys white wine. ... Sauvignon Blanc is a white wine grape probably originating in the Bordeaux region of France that is now planted in much of the worlds winelands producing a crisp dry refreshing white varietal wine. ... Rosé is a type of wine that is neither purely red wine nor purely white wine. ...