Here's this week's entry:
Facts:
- Primary grape : 13 varietals are authorized here, but the ones most used today are grenache, cinsault, mourvèdre, syrah, muscardin, counoise, clairette, and bourboulenc.
- Wine style : full-bodied red, still.
- Area : 3,133 hectares
- Production : 98,149 hectolitres or 9,814,900 litres (over 13 million bottles)
- AOC since 1936
It's like carrying popes to Newcastle.
Must be Chateauneuf du Pape. I don't know a thing about wine except how to swallow it, but I got the idea from your hint. Did I guess correctly?
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Chris P