Vineyard of Ile-de-France

The vineyard of Ile-de-France knew its apogee at the 18th century then completely disappeared after the Second world war and does not remain any more but with the state of relics.

One estimates that at the XVIIIe century, this vineyard occupied 42.000 hectares and constituted, at the time, most important Vignoble of France. It related to approximately 300 communes of the area. Relatively recent initiatives appeared to make revive the vineyard around Paris. One still counted, at the end of 2004,134 vines, of which much counts only a few feet, for an entire surface, very modest, of 11 hectares. They are often municipal initiatives. Most known of these vines is the Clos of Montmartre, located on the northern side of the ridges Montmartre with Paris.

To note that three communes of Seine-et-Marne (Citry, the Nanteuil-on-Marne and the Saâcy-on-Marne) are included in the perimeter of name Champagne. Thomery, also located in Seine-et-Marne, preserved a long time a tradition of table grapes culture Chasselas which was preserved a long time the winter thanks to a particular technique.

The October 5th 2000 was created a “association of the brought together vine growers franciliens”, intended to promote the revival of the vineyard francilien. Its mission is “ to support knowledge and progress of the vine and the wine in Paris and in Ile-de-France ”. It published in November 2004 the first tourist chart of the vine and the wine in Ile-de-France, available to the Space of Tourism of Ile de France (ETIF). Its Internet site opens on March 7th, 2005.

See too

Wines of Argenteuil

External bonds

Vine growers franciliens, official site
Museum of the wine of Paris
the vineyard of Seine-et-Marne on Seine-et-Marnais.com (to click on “Cultures and traditions”)
Commanderie of Closed Montmartre

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