Wines : Gaillac (5 to 12 euros)

Situated in the north of the Tarn departement, the Gaillac Appellation area covers 2.500 hectares spread over 73 communes, for an AOC production of over 165.000 hectolitres.

The 3 different terroirs and the age of the vineyard enable Gaillac to offer numerous traditional grape varieties. The diversity of the Gaillac vineyard means that it can produce a great variety of elaborate wines, a wide range of dry, sweet and "perlé" white wines, red and rose wines as well as sparkling wines.

Today, the vineyard's ambitions are borne by a new generation of wine producers, who add to their fathers' passion, the pragmatism of high-standard training. Besides the latest wine technologies, their know-how also extends to commerce and management.

(More information: www.vins-gaillac.com)