French Wine
法国葡萄酒

For hundreds of years, France basked in the reputation of being the world's greatest producer of wines. No other country in the world produces a larger volume of quality wine than France, and no other country produces it in such diversity. There are ten major wine growing regions in France, plus a number of smaller areas. The main wine growing regions of France includes Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône, Champagne, the Loire, and Alsace.
几百年来，法国一直享有“世界最佳葡萄酒生产国”的盛誉。任何其他国家都无法像法国一样出产数量巨大、品种众多的高质量葡萄酒。在法国有十大葡萄酒产区，此外还有许多小的产区。几大重要产区包括波尔多、勃艮第、罗纳、香槟、卢瓦尔和阿尔萨斯。

The history of French wines can be traced back to the 6th century B.C., while the wine-making history in many regions dated to Roman times. The wines produced are of different grades, from expensive high-end wines sold internationally to modest ones usually only sold within France. The style of French wine echoes that of the French themselves — elegant, well-dressed, showing an appreciation for the good things of life but never to excess. Even the least expensive French wine can impress you deeply.
法国葡萄酒的历史可以追溯到公元前六世纪，很多地区的酿酒业都起源于罗马时代。法国葡萄酒可分为不同的等级，有专供出口且高档昂贵的，也有一般仅在本国销售的较为普通的葡萄酒。法国葡萄酒一如法国人的风格——优美典雅、穿着讲究，对生活中一切美好的事物有很高的鉴赏力，却永远不会过头。即使最廉价的法国葡萄酒也能给人留下深刻的印象。

As an orderly country, France has one of the oldest systems for protected designation of origin for wine in the world, and strict laws concerning winemaking and production. In 1935 the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (A.O.C)system was established. An appellation on a wine label is not only a guarantee of quality. It is a guarantee of origin, and a guarantee that the wine has been made following certain rules specifying grape varieties, soil, planting, yields, and winemaking.
作为一个有序的国家，法国拥有作为世界上最古老体系之一的葡萄酒原产地命名保护体系，也拥有葡萄酒生产和制作方面的严格法律。1935年，法国确立了葡萄酒的“原产地命名控制制度”，即AOC制度。葡萄酒产品标签上的命名不仅是质量的保证，也是葡萄酒产地的保证，该保证承诺该葡萄酒的酿制符合当地的葡萄品种、土壤环境、种植方法、葡萄产量和酿造工艺。