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Rabastens
is one of the rare communes where archives dating back to the 13 th century
have been preserved, thus making it possible to retrace the evolution
of the vinyards over the centuries..
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Throughout
the Middle Ages, local life revolved around wine and wine growing.
The soil was certainly favourable to the establishment of vineyards,
but already in this period severe regulations concerning vines and
wine upheld the high quality
of the produce.
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Today,
wine and wine-growing are still the main economic activities of the town
of Rabastens
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Cave de Rabastens was created in 1953 by a few wine-growers whose
desire was to share their knowledge and their means. At the moment
it regroups 1290 hectares of vineyards, 240 co-operative members,
22 employees and their families, produces 80,000 hl of AOC Gaillac,
regional wine from the Cotes du Tarn and AOC Fronton Villaudric
and sells 5 million bottles in France and for export.
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Because
of its and of the economic which it has generated around the wine,
the Cave de Rabastens is an important element in the life ot the region
and the most important activity in Rabastens. |
| Proud
of their origins, the wine growers put all their energy into their
enterprise, investing more and more in the quality of their product,
in the up-keep of the parcels and in modern material for vinification,
farming and conditionning the wine. |
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If
the wines of Rabastens are renown today throughout France for their
quality and their sympathetic typify,it is because the wine growers,passionate
about their region and their work,knew how to go out and meet consummers
all over France in order to explain and let taste the wines they had
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many years,they animate a tour which they have created and named,
"Le vin au fil de l'eau", or "drifting with wine".With the bus tour
one discovers the history of the region from the Middle Ages until
today, through the vines, the dovecots and the river. It is a free
trip which ends with a visit to the wine cellars and free wine
tasting. News |
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The
Cave, as an economic element, is a partener in the life to Rabastens,
through its support of sportive, cultural and artistic manifestations.
Its wine growers are active ambassadors on this side of, and beyond the
frontiers of, the Tarn.
| Vignerons
de Rabastens |
| 33 route d'Albi |
| 81800 RABASTENS
- FRANCE |
| Tel : (33) 05
63 33 73 80 - Fax : (33) 05 63 33 85 82 |
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Société
Coopérative Agricole - Agrément N° 81.108 SIRET
: 777 250 465 00013 APE : 0130
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