Regions

Wine Regions

Some popular examples of the wine regions:

  • France
    • Alsace
    • Champagne
    • Bordeaux (this is a more extensive list as it’s a famous region)
      • Médoc, Haut médoc, Margaux, St. Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien, listrac, Moulis, Graves, Pessac Léognan, Sauternes, Barsac, Premieres cotes de bordeaux, Bordeaux aoc/Bordeaux supérieur, Entre deux mers, St. Emilion, Cotes de castillon, Cotes de francs, Pomerol, Fronsac, Cotes de bourg
    • Burgundy/Bourgogne (extensive list)
      • Chablis
      • Gevrey Chambertin, Clos Vougeot, Vosne Romanée, Nuits Saint Georges, Corton, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Chassagne Montrachet, Givry, Pouilly Fuissé, Rully, Macon, Mercurey
      • Beaujolais
    • Cotes du Rhone
      • Condrieu, Château Grillet, Hermitage, Crozes Hermitage, Cornas, Gigondas, Châteauneuf du Pape, Côtes du Ventoux
    • Languedoc-Roussillon
    • Provence
    • Loire Valley
    • South West
    • Corsica
  • Spain
    • La Rioja, Ribera Del Duero, Rias Baixas, Navarra, La Mancha, Valdepeñas, Almansa, Valencia, Alicante, Jumilla, Yecla, Utiel-Requena, Sherry (Xeres)
  • Italy
    • Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto, Chianti, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Latium, Castel del Monte, Salice Salentino, Copertino, Primitivo di Manduria, Sardinia, Sicily

Other references

  • The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson & Jancis Robinson