WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUDE AND LANGUEDOC?
The best way to explain it is to think of Languedoc, which is short for Languedoc-Roussillon and pronounced “lang-dock-roo-see-yon”, as one of the “States” of France and then Aude as a county within the “State” of Languedoc-Roussillon. The country of France has many “States” which the French call rgions that each contain several smaller “counties” which the French call departments. The departments are then divided into smaller chunks which the French call pays. Pays often become well known for their produce which needn’t always be wine! The pays could be famous for producing top-quality olives, garlic or cheese. For example, take a closer look at the label on a decent bottle of French wine at your local supermarket and it should say which pays it came from.
