Henri d’Andeli

The Norman minstrel lived in the 13th century. Among other things, he wrote the famous poem "La bataille des vins" (The Battle of the Wines) around 1223. This takes place at the court of the French king Philippe-Auguste (1165-1223), who wants to find out the best wine. As a lover of white wines, he has a total of 70 wines brought in to be tasted. Most of them are French wines from Beaune, Chablis, Champagne, Alsace, Provence, Saint-Émilion, Saint-Pourçain, Sancerre and Savigny, which are still very famous today. But there are also some from Spain and Cyprus, as well as from the Moselle. The judge is an English clergyman who first excommunicates all wines that are too acidic or detrimental to health. These are mainly wines from the north of France, such as Argences, Beauvais, Rennes and Tours, where a lot of wine was grown due to the warmer climate at the time.

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