Too often lumped together with Roussillon, as if they were the same geographically or vinously. Most of the vineyards are planted on fairly fertile alluvial plains and the region still produces the bulk of France`s bulk wine. And here is the problem, for in a world that is drinking less but better - despite the current moral panic over alcohol consumption, the cheap and often less than cheerful local produce is having difficulty finding homes for itself. There is a tradition of the discontented here rioting going back over a century and it continues. It`s difficult that after generations of growing fruit to a price, farmers here can`t envisage their customers. They don`t see past their regional boundary. Not all of course as there are some hyper talented natives and many clued up incomers too, but as a whole the Languedoc is floundering and that is why we have so few on our list. (CW 23/01/12)