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Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Calvados

Calvados Controlled Designation of Origin

The production area of ​​the Appellation Calvados Contrôlée is the largest, extending over 7 departments and based on very different soil types. The municipalities where cider-making activity has been maintained...

Calvados Controlled Designation of Origin

The production area of ​​the Appellation Calvados Contrôlée is the largest, extending over 7 departments and based on very different soil types. The municipalities where cider-making activity has been maintained...

L'appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Calvados Pays d'Auge

The Calvados Pays d'Auge Controlled Designation...

The Pays d'Auge has been a well-known region for centuries, renowned for its exceptional productions made from milk and cider fruit. In 1588, Charles de Bourgueville wrote, "This entire Pays...

The Calvados Pays d'Auge Controlled Designation...

The Pays d'Auge has been a well-known region for centuries, renowned for its exceptional productions made from milk and cider fruit. In 1588, Charles de Bourgueville wrote, "This entire Pays...

Les trois appellations Calvados - Part 1

The three Calvados appellations - Part 1

Can you determine where a Calvados comes from when you taste it blind? What role does soil play in expressing terroir? For those who are bored by trivialization and who...

The three Calvados appellations - Part 1

Can you determine where a Calvados comes from when you taste it blind? What role does soil play in expressing terroir? For those who are bored by trivialization and who...

L ’étrange histoire de la mise en place des Appellations d’Origine pour les eaux de vie de cidre et de poiré normandes.

The strange story of the establishment of Appel...

How the Calvados Pays d'Auge appellation was awarded in the middle of the Second World War

The strange story of the establishment of Appel...

How the Calvados Pays d'Auge appellation was awarded in the middle of the Second World War