Editing Calvados (section)

==History==
===In France===
[[File:VSOP Calvados.jpg|right|thumb|[[Brandy|VSOP]] calvados.]]
[[Apple]] [[orchard]]s and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by [[Charlemagne]]. The first known record of Norman distillation was made by squire [[Gilles de Gouberville]] in 1553, and the [[guild]] for [[cider]] distillation was created about 50 years later in 1606. In the 17th century, the traditional cider farms expanded, but taxation and prohibition of cider brandies were enforced elsewhere than [[Brittany]], [[Maine (province)|Maine]], and [[Normandy]]. The area called "Calvados" was created after the [[French Revolution]], but ''eau de vie de cidre'' was already called ''calvados'' in common usage.

In the 19th century, output increased with industrial distillation and the working class fashion for ''café-calva''. When a [[phylloxera]] outbreak in the last quarter of the 19th century devastated the vineyards of France and Europe, Calvados experienced a golden age. During [[World War I]], cider brandy was requisitioned to make explosives for the armament industry due to its [[ethanol|alcohol]] content.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Mattsson | first1 = Henrik | title = Calvados: the world's premier apple brandy : tasting, facts and travel | year = 2005 | pages = 27 | publisher = Calvadosbook.com | access-date = 30 September 2013| isbn = 91-631-5546-X | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CoaJTpzbDdYC&pg=PA27}}</ref> The [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|''appellation contrôlée'']] regulations officially gave AOC Calvados [[Pays d'Auge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idac-aoc.fr/images/cdc/CDC_CalvadosPaysAuge.pdf|title=CAHIER DES CHARGES DE L'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE CONTRÔLÉE « Calvados Pays d'Auge » |website=Idac-aoc.fr|access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> a protected name in 1942. After the war, many cider houses and distilleries were reconstructed, mainly in the [[Pays d'Auge]]. Many of the traditional farmhouse structures were replaced by modern agriculture with high output. The calvados appellation system was revised in 1984 and 1996. [[Pommeau]] got its recognition in 1991; in 1997, an appellation for [[Domfront, Orne|Domfront]] with 30% pears was created.
[[File:Vieux calvados 1875.jpg|thumb|Calvados]]

===Elsewhere===
Cider brandy is also made in the UK, and appears in records going back to 1678. Somerset cider brandy gained European protected geographical indication (PGI) status in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Victory for Somerset as cider brandy wins protected status |first=Steven |last=Morris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/15/somerset-cider-brandy-protected-status |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 September 2011 |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>