Côte-Rôtie Condrieu Hermitage Crozes Hermitage Saint Joseph Cornas Saint Peray Châteauneuf du Pape Gigondas Coteaux du Tricastin Côtes du Rhône Villages Côtes du Rhône Tavel Vin de Pays des collines rhodaniennes Vin de Pays des Coteaux de l'Ardèche Côtes du Roussillon Villages Muscat Beaumes de Venise Banyuls Rivesaltes Australie Portugal Luberon Viognier de la Drôme    Vineyards map	Spread out on narrow and steep terraces, the Banyuls Appellation overhangs the Mediterranean sea. More than two thousand years old, the vineyard is rooted in a stony schist soil and benefits from exceptional atmospheric conditions. Moreover, the rare stormy showers which water this exceptional land, still hand worked, are quickly evacuated by an unique and efficient system. It is only after the fortification, a technique devised in 1285 by Arnau de Vilanova, which stops the fermentation, that the Banyuls wines get their Appellation and their seal of approval. Banyuls  Terra Vinya	0 article Forget password ?