Editing Cornas AOC (section)

==History==
The name Cornas is [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] for "burnt earth", and the first written sources mention wine in the region as early as 885.<ref name="Niels Lillelund 2004. p. 106">Niels Lillelund: ''Rhône-Vinene'' JP Bøger - JP/Politikens Forlagshus A/S, 2004. {{ISBN|87-567-7140-1}}, p. 106</ref> Both [[Louis XV]] and [[Cardinal Richelieu]] are said to have been admirers of the wine.<ref name="Niels Lillelund 2004. p. 106"/> Cornas became an official appellation in 1938 although it was not until 1950 that the first local producers began bottling the wine themselves.<ref>Niels Lillelund: ''Rhône-Vinene'' JP Bøger - JP/Politikens Forlagshus A/S, 2004. {{ISBN|87-567-7140-1}}, p. 105-106</ref>