Wikipedia Article About Banyuls on Wikipedia Banyuls (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) is a fortified aperitif or dessert wine made from old vines cultivated in terraces on the slopes of the Pyrenees in the Roussillon wine region of Southern France, which borders Catalunya in Spain. The AOC production area is limited to four communes of the Côte Vermeille: Banyuls-sur-Mer (from which the AOC takes its name), Cerbère, Collioure and Port-Vendres.