The world's wine regions

Bordeaux is the world's most famous wine region and the benchmark for fine red blends. Left-bank gra…

Burgundy is the spiritual home of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, where a precise hierarchy of Grand Cru,…

Champagne is the world's benchmark sparkling wine, made from chalk-grown grapes in a cool, marginal …

The Rhône Valley spans two worlds: the cool north, where Syrah reaches profound heights in Côte-Rôti…

The Loire produces some of the world's most refreshing wines: the gooseberry snap of Sancerre, honey…

Alsace sits in a rain shadow beneath the Vosges, producing intensely aromatic dry whites and rich la…

Provence is the world capital of pale, dry, elegant rosé and one of its oldest wine regions, whose M…

The world's largest wine region by volume has reinvented itself from bulk production to vivid, terro…

The Jura is France's most idiosyncratic region, famed for the sherry-like vin jaune, racy Poulsard r…

Savoie produces Alpine-fresh whites from Jacquère, perfect partners for the region's famous cheeses …

The southwest is France's hidden cellar: deep-coloured Cahors Malbec, tannic Madiran, sparkling Gail…

Corsica's maquis-scented hills produce aromatic, sun-bright wines from indigenous grapes.…

Beaujolais is the home of Gamay, producing juicy, low-tannin reds from the playful Nouveau of Novemb…

Tuscany is Italy's most famous wine region, built on Sangiovese and cypress-lined hills. From cherry…

Piedmont is the home of Nebbiolo, the grape behind Italy's most serious wines: Barolo and Barbaresco…

Veneto produces more wine than any other Italian region, from the billions of bubbles of Prosecco to…

One of Italy's most beautiful wine regions, the alpine Alto Adige produces some of Italy's finest Pi…

Friuli-Venezia Giulia produces some of Italy's most precise, racy whites — the crisp Pinot Grigio an…

Sicily has transformed from a bulk producer into one of the most exciting wine regions in Europe, le…

Sardinia's rugged interior produces the warm, generous Cannonau (Grenache) of the west and crisp sea…

Lombardy is home to Franciacorta, Italy's finest traditional-method sparkling wine made near Lake Is…

Emilia-Romagna is the home of the deep, frothy red Lambrusco and the birthplace of balsamic vinegar …

Campania grows vines on and around the volcano Vesuvius and the higher Irpinia hills, producing the …

Puglia produces rich, sun-drenched reds from Negroamaro and Primitivo in the warm Salento peninsula …

Abruzzo's signature grape is Montepulciano, producing deep, juicy reds with soft tannins alongside c…

Umbria, the 'green heart of Italy', produces the powerful, tannic Sagrantino of Montefalco and the h…

The Marche produces Italy's finest Verdicchio whites and the plummy Rosso Conero, with a growing rep…

Rioja is Spain's most famous wine region, built on Tempranillo and a centuries-old love affair with …

Ribera del Duero produces some of Spain's most powerful, age-worthy reds at altitudes above 800 metr…

Priorat is one of only two DOCa regions in Spain, producing dense, mineral, long-lived wines from ol…

Rías Baixas is the home of Albariño, producing saline, citrus-edged whites that are among the world'…

Rueda produces Spain's modern crisp white, based on the ancient native Verdejo grape, which yields f…

Jerez is the birthplace of Sherry, the world's most complex fortified wine, made in a unique biologi…

Penedès is the heartland of Cava, made from indigenous whites by the traditional method, and the pro…

Catalonia is Spain's most dynamic and innovative wine region, from the Cava houses of Penedès to the…

Galicia's rain-soaked green hills produce Spain's most refreshing wines — the Albariño of Rías Baixa…

Castilla y León is Spain's powerhouse of high-altitude wines: the muscular reds of Ribera del Duero …

La Mancha is the largest continuous wine region on Earth, source of enormous volumes of everyday win…

The Barossa Valley is Australia's most famous wine region, famed for deeply coloured, ripe, generous…

McLaren Vale makes ripe, fleshy Shiraz and one of the world's best regions for old-vine Grenache, wi…

The Clare Valley produces Australia's benchmark Riesling — intense, lime-juiced and age-worthy acros…

The Adelaide Hills' cool elevation produces aromatic Sauvignon Blanc, elegant Chardonnay, fine Pinot…

Coonawarra's famous cigar-shaped strip of terra rossa soil over limestone produces Australia's most …

Margaret River produces Australia's finest Cabernet and Chardonnay in a maritime climate, making pro…

The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region, famous for a singular style of taut, age-worthy…

The Yarra Valley, Victoria's first wine region, makes elegant cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay…

A cool, maritime region producing some of Australia's finest, most delicate Pinot Noir and Chardonna…

Tasmania's cool maritime climate produces Australia's finest sparkling wine and some of its most ele…

The Orange region, one of Australia's highest, uses altitude to make cool-climate Chardonnay, aromat…

The cool, high-altitude Canberra District is a source of refined, peppery Shiraz, age-worthy Rieslin…

The irrigated Riverina is Australia's largest wine region by volume, best known for producing the co…

Western Australia's vast Great Southern region spans five subregions producing vibrant Riesling, pep…

Marlborough is the engine of New Zealand wine and the world's benchmark Sauvignon Blanc, famous for …

Central Otago, the world's most southerly wine region, produces internationally acclaimed, intensely…

Hawke's Bay is New Zealand's oldest and warmest region and the home of its best red wines — Bordeaux…

Martinborough pioneered New Zealand's elegant, Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and produces some of the co…

Nelson makes bright, aromatic Sauvignon and Chardonnay alongside fine Pinot Noir, in one of New Zeal…

Canterbury, centred on the lovely Waipara Valley, produces elegant Pinot Noir and racy Riesling in a…

Auckland is New Zealand's oldest wine region, home to the nation's most historic producers, plus the…

The 'Chardonnay capital' of New Zealand, Gisborne makes rich, sunny whites from its warm east-coast …

Napa Valley is America's most famous wine region and the global standard for New World Cabernet Sauv…

Sonoma is a diverse county of some eighteen AVAs, from the fog-cooled Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of t…

Paso Robles is a freewheeling Central Coast region known for bold Zinfandel, Rhône-style blends and …

Santa Barbara's cool, west-east running valleys channel ocean fog to produce acclaimed Burgundian-st…

The Willamette Valley is Oregon's premier region and the New World's most faithful expression of Bur…

Washington's eastern Columbia Valley, with its big diurnal swings and irrigated desert soils, produc…

The Finger Lakes grow magnificent Riesling and other cool-climate grapes on steep, lake-moderated sl…

Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson dreamed of great American wine, is today a rising star for elegant …

Oregon built its reputation on world-class Pinot Noir and now claims the title of America's benchmar…

Mendoza is Argentina's wine powerhouse and the world capital of Malbec, growing deep-coloured, high-…

The Uco Valley's high-elevation, calcareous vineyards at 1,100–1,500+ metres produce some of Argenti…

Salta grows the world's highest vineyards at up to 2,000+ metres, where extreme temperature swings p…

Patagonia's cool, breezy climate grows fresh, elegant expressions of Malbec, Pinot Noir and white va…

Chile's heartland and Alto Maipo's rugged Andean terraces make some of the country's — and the Andes…

Colchagua is Chile's red-wine heartland and home of the Carmenère revival, producing the powerful, s…

Casablanca is Chile's cool-climate pioneer, where persistent coastal fog ripens Sauvignon Blanc and …

Aconcagua is one of Chile's most dramatic and historically important valleys, growing powerful struc…

Maule is a strikingly authentic, older-planting valley famous for its immense biodiversity, old-vine…

Stellenbosch is South Africa's most important wine district and the intellectual heart of the Cape, …

Paarl is home to many of the Cape's grand historic estates and the Boschendal-style manor farms, pro…

Franschhoek, the 'French corner' founded by Huguenots, pairs a stunning mountain setting with some o…

Constantia is South Africa's oldest wine region, famed since the 18th century for the legendary swee…

Swartland's rolling wheat fields hide some of the world's oldest Chenin Blanc, the driving force beh…

Walker Bay and its Hemel-en-Aarde ('heaven and earth') valley are South Africa's Burgundy, producing…

The Douro is the world's oldest demarcated wine region (1756) and the birthplace of Port, its stunni…

Dão's cooler granite highlands produce some of Portugal's most refined, age-worthy reds, with the fl…

Alentejo is Portugal's hot, sun-baked southern plain producing generous, plush, fruit-forward reds f…

Vinho Verde, cool and Atlantic-green, produces Portugal's signature light, crisp, slightly fizzy whi…

Jerez gave the world sherry, made by the solera system from sun-dried Palomino into the bone-dry fin…

The Mosel, with its dizzyingly steep blue-slate slopes and river-reflection warmth, makes some of th…

The Rheingau is where German Riesling found its modern form, a graceful stretch of south-facing slop…

The Pfalz is Germany's warmest region, producing rich off-dry Riesling, fine Spätburgunder and full-…

The Nahe is a compact, brilliant Riesling region whose diverse slate, volcanic and sandstone soils p…