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Beaujolais wine

Maconnais & Beaujolais wines

Wines from the Maconnais and the Beaujolais. The Maconnais comprises in the department of Saone et Loire the arrondissements
of Macon, Autun, etc. The most esteemed wines of this district are those from Macon and its environs. Nor do the wines from the
Beaujolais (arrondissement of Villefranche in the Rhone) lack either lightness, finesse, or good taste.

Celebrated wines of this district include:
Romaneche, Thorins, Moulin-'a-Vent, whilst Pouilly (from the communes of Fuisse and Solutre') is the most famous white wine here-
abouts.