The Zazous were part of a subculture in France during and after World War Two. They were young people who expressed their individuality by wearing garish clothing and listening to Jazz music. They rebelled against the conformity and conservatism imposed by the Nazis occupying France during the Second World War.Often men had long greased hair, oversized clothes and thick sole suede shoes while women wore jackets with extremely wide shoulders, short pleated skirts, shoulder length blonde curly hair styles, with sunglasses and bright red lipstick.

A rich Jazz scene sprang up in Montmartre in the inter-war years. Black Americans musicians felt freer in Paris than they did back home, and they contributed greatly to the Paris Jazz culture. The Zazous probably got their name from a line in a song ‘ Zah Zuh Zah’ by American jazz musician Cab Calloway. Zazou, the wine, is a take on originality and non conformity to explore wine outside common boundaries.

Stretching along the Thau lagoon to the west of the Mediterranean’s Golfe de Lyon lies the largest white wine producing area in the Languedoc, the appellation is called Picpoul de Pinet, covering a surface of 1 400 ha only. The terroir consists of a triangle between the cities of Agde, Pézenas and Sète. The vineyards lie on a limestone plateau basking in the rising sun, covered with perfumed garrigue, and scattered pine groves.
Picpoul was originally called Piquant-Paul, and then it became known as Picapulla, to become Piquepouille, it is known today as Piquepoul or Picpoul. It is one of the oldest white wine varieties planted in the Languedoc, it has been in the area since the 1700’s.

PROVENCE WINE
Provence wine comes from the Provence region, southeast France. The Romans called the area provincia nostra ("our province"), giving the region its name. This name is due to the fact that the region borders with Italy.
Wine has been produced in Provence for over 2 600 years, since the Greek founded Marseille in 600 BC.
Rosé wine accounts for over 50% of the wine production in Provence, red wine is about a third and the rest is white wine produced in small quantities.

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