The introduction of vine goes back to the multiple migrations in Algeria (Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans).

This sturdy plant finds in Algeria ideal agro-climatic conditions for its development.

When the French colonists, in 1830, settled in Algeria, they found a vineyard made essentially of table wines. They soon understood that the agro-climatic conditions were particularly favorable to the development of vat viticulture and the advantage to introduce a large variety of vines from the south of France and Spain.

One century later, the Algerian vat vineyard reached its zenith with 400 000 ha of planted area and a production of 22 million hectoliters which was almost wholly exported.

Thus, the Algerian vat vine, originally a colonial fact, becomes a natural wealth in our soil. 

Algeria pays particular attention to this vocation to take the Algerian wines out of their anonymity and promote the production of quality wines.

Thus, Algeria draws up a politics of vineyard reconversion to limit the vat vineyard to dry regions, hillsides and mountains already known for the production of quality wines.