Tuesday 18 January 2011

Video: Tourist Wine Route of the Jura, France

Jura wine, is French wine produced in the Jura département of the region: Franche-Comte. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine region produces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to Sherry, developing under a flor-like strain of yeast. This is made from the local Savagnin grape variety. Other grape varieties include Poulsard, Trousseau, and Chardonnay.

Properties in the Jura

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