List of wine-producing regions

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This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Grapes will sometimes grow beyond this range and minor amounts of wine are made in some very unexpected places.

In 2003, the five largest producers of wine in the world were France, Spain, Italy, the United States, and Argentina (see list of wine-producing countries for a complete rank).

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[edit] Africa

[edit] Cape Verde

[edit] Morocco

[edit] South Africa

Stellenbosch vineyard
See also: South African wine

[edit] Algeria

Mascara Tlemcen D'hara Bejaia Chlef Algiers

[edit] Tunisia

[edit] Americas

[edit] Argentina

See also: Argentine wine

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

See also: Canadian wine
See also: Ontario wine

[edit] Chile

See also: Chilean wine
Chile's topography with the location of most of Chile's wine regions highlighted.

[edit] Mexico

See also: Mexican wine

[edit] Peru

[edit] United States

See also: American wine, California wine, Oregon wine, New York wine, Michigan wine, Ohio wine, and Washington wine
A complete listing of federally defined wine regions, called American Viticultural Areas, is available here.
Wine-producing regions in California.
Vineyard on South Bass Island

[edit] Uruguay

The wine producing area is mainly in the Dpto. Canelones near the capital Montevideo, for more info: The Uruguayan wine guide

[edit] Venezuela

The wine producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found here

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

A map of Austrian wine regions can be found

here

[edit] Bulgaria

See also: Bulgarian wine
Wine-producing regions in Bulgaria.

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Cyprus

See also: Cyprus wine

[edit] Czech Republic

See also: Czech wine

[edit] France

See also: French wine
Map of wine regions in France

[edit] Georgia

See also: Georgian wine
See also: Abkhazian wine

[edit] Germany

See also: German wine

[edit] Greece

Detailed information on Greek wine regions can be found here

[edit] Hungary

See also: Hungarian wine

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

See also: Italian wine, List of Italian DOCG wines, and List of Italian DOC wines

[edit] Luxembourg

[edit] Republic of Macedonia

[edit] Moldova

See also: Moldavian wine

[edit] Montenegro

[edit] Poland

[edit] Portugal

See also: Portuguese wine

[edit] Romania

[edit] Russia

 Please help improve this section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (June 2008)

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Slovakia

Wine-producing regions in Slovakia.

Whole of southern Slovakia

[edit] Slovenia

[edit] Spain

See also: Spanish wine

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Turkey

See also: Turkish wine

[edit] Ukraine

See also: Ukrainian wine

[edit] United Kingdom

Main article: Wine from the United Kingdom

In the UK, area under vines is small, and whilst viticulture isn't a major part of the rural economy significant planting of new vines has been made in the early 21st century. The greatest concentration of vineyards is found in the south east of England, in the counties of Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.

[edit] Asia

[edit] China

See also: Chinese grape wine

Regions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty,[2] with wines being brought to China from Persia. Some of the more famous wine-producing regions are:

With the import of western wine-making technologies, especially French technology, production of wines similar to modern French wine has begun in many parts of China with the direction of experienced French wine-makers; China is now the sixth largest producer of wine in the world. The following regions produce significant quality of wine:

[edit] Israel

See also: Israeli wine

[edit] Iran

Prior to the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran was a producer of wine. While production has stopped, the vineyards continue to exist and their product diverted to non alcoholic purposes.

[edit] Palestinian territories

[edit] India

[edit] Japan

See also: Japanese wine

[edit] Lebanon

[edit] Syria

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

See also: Australian wine

Geographic indications for Australian wine are governed by law. The geographic indication must indicate where the grapes are grown, irrespective of where the wine itself is made. A geographic indication may be "Australia", "South Eastern Australia", a state name, zone, region or subregion if defined.[4]

The zones, regions and subregions in each state are listed below:

New South Wales
Queensland
Regions, no zone defined
South Australia

Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa

Tasmanian wine
  • North West
  • Tamar Valley
  • Pipers River
  • East Coast
  • Coal River
  • Derwent Valley
  • Southern
Victoria
Western Australia

[edit] New Zealand

See also: New Zealand wine

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Grapes grown for wine production in Turkey". Yazgan Winery (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
  2. ^ http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/inst/chinesisch/wineculture_abstract_chenxigang.pdf
  3. ^ a b c