List of wine-producing regions

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).

Africa

Cape Verde

*Chã das Caldeiras

Morocco

*Atlas Mountains

South Africa

*Elim
*Stellenbosch
*Paarl
*Franschoek
*Constantia
*Robertson
*Swartland
*Durbanville
*Elgin
*Breede River Valley
*Little Karoo
*Orange River Valley
*Tulbagh

Algeria

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Tunisia

*Nabul
*Arianah
*Susah

Americas

Argentina

*Mendoza Province
*San Juan Province
*Buenos Aires Province Médanos, Buenos Aires
*Río Negro Province
*Neuquén Province
*Salta Province
*La Rioja Province
*Catamarca Province

Brazil

*Rio Grande do Sul - Bento Gonçalves (city), Caxias do Sul,Garibaldi
*Paraná - Marialva, Maringá, Rosário do Avaí, Bandeirantes
*Santa Catarina - São Joaquim, Pinheiro Preto, Tangará
*Mato Grosso - Nova Mutum
*Minas Gerais - Pirapora, Andradas, Caldas, Santa Rita de Caldas
*Bahia - Juazeiro, Curaçá, Irecê
*Pernambuco -Petrolina, Casa Nova, Santa Maria da Boa Vista
*São Paulo - Jundiaí, São Roque

Canada

*British Columbia
**Fraser Valley - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Gulf Islands - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Okanagan Valley - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Similkameen Valley - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Vancouver Island - (VQA defined viticultural area)
*Nova Scotia
**Annapolis Valley
*Ontario
**Niagara Peninsula - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Lake Erie North Shore and Pelee Island - (VQA defined viticultural area)
**Prince Edward County
**Toronto
*Quebec
**Eastern Townships

Chile

*Aconcagua Valley
*Bío-Bío Valley
*Choapa Valley
*Cachapoal Valley
*Elqui Valley
*Itata Valley
*Maipo Valley
*Malleco Valley
*Mataquito Valley
*Maule Valley

Mexico

*Aguascalientes
**Aguascalientes Valley
*Baja California
**Valle de Guadalupe
***Valle de Calafia
***Valle de Mexicali
***Valle de San Vicente
***Valle de Santo Tomás
***Zona Tecate
*Coahuila / Durango, collectively known as La Laguna wine region
**Valle de Parras
*Hidalgo
*Querétaro
**Valle de Tequisquiapan
*Sonora
**Caborca
**Hermosillo
*Zacatecas
**Valle de las Arcinas

Peru

*Huaral District and Cañete Province, both in Lima Region. Also, formerly, in Surco, were vineyards that have disappeared due to urban expansion.
*Ica region, including Chincha, Pisco and Ica valleys.
*Arequipa region valleys.

United States

:"A complete listing of federally defined wine regions, called American Viticultural Areas, is available [http://www.winepros.org/consumerism/ava.htm here] ."
*Arizona
*Arkansas
**Altus
*California
**Central Coast/Monterey
**El Dorado County, California
**Lake County, California
**Livermore Valley
**Mendocino County
**Napa County (Napa Valley and part of Los Carneros AVA)
**Ramona Valley
**San Joaquin County
**San Luis Obispo County (Paso Robles)
**Santa Cruz Mountains
**Sonoma County (Sonoma Valley, Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley and part of Los Carneros AVA)
**Santa Ynez Valley
**Temecula Valley
*Colorado
**Palisade/Grand Valley
*Illinois
*Maine
*Michigan
**Leelanau Peninsula
**Old Mission Peninsula
**Lake Michigan Shore AVA
*Missouri
**Augusta
**Hermann
**Ozark Mountains also in Oklahoma and Arkansas
**Ozark Highlands
**Ste. Genevieve
*New Mexico
**Albuquerque
**Deming
**Las Cruces
**La Union
**Santa Fe
**Taos
*New York
**Eastern Long Island
**Finger Lakes
**Hudson River Valley
**Lake Erie Region
*North Carolina
**Yadkin Valley AVA
*Ohio
**Grand River Valley
**Isle St. George
**Kanawha River Valley
**Loramie Creek
**Ohio River Valley
*Oklahoma
*Oregon
**Applegate Valley
**Hood River County
**Willamette Valley
**Columbia Valley (Oregon and Washington)
**Umpqua Valley
**Walla Walla Valley (Oregon and Washington)
*Pennsylvania
**Central Delaware Valley
**Cumberland Valley
**Erie County
**Lancaster County
**Lehigh County
*Texas
**Bell Mountain
**Escondido Valley
**Fredericksburg
**Davis Mountains
**High Plains
**Texas Hill Country
*Virginia [http://www.virginiawines.org]
**Monticello AVA
**North Fork of Roanoke AVA
**Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA
**Rocky Knob AVA
**Shenandoah Valley
**Virginia's Eastern Shore AVA
*Washington
**Columbia Gorge AVA
**Columbia Valley AVA
***Horse Heaven Hills AVA
***Rattlesnake Hills AVA
***Red Mountain AVA
***Wahluke Slope AVA
***Walla Walla Valley AVA
***Yakima Valley, WA
**Puget Sound AVA

Uruguay

:"The wine producing area is mainly in the Dpto. Canelones near the capital Montevideo, for more info: [http://www.vino-uruguay.com/ The Uruguayan wine guide]

Venezuela

:"The wine producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found [http://www.bodegaspomar.com.ve here]
*Carora, Lara State

Europe

Austria

:"A map of Austrian wine regions can be found

[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Weinanbaugebiete_%C3%96sterreich.pnghere] "
*Burgenland
* Northeastern and eastern Lower Austria
**Wagram
**Weinviertel
**Wachau
*Southern Styria
*Vienna

Bulgaria

: "See also: Bulgarian wine"
*Danubian Plain
*Black Sea region
*Rose Valley
*Thrace
*Valley of the Struma River

Croatia

*Continental Croatia
**Wine region Moslavina
**Wine region Plešivica
**Wine region Podunavlje
**Wine region Pokuplje
**Wine region Prigorje - Bilogora
**Wine region Slavonija
**Wine region Zagorje - Međimurje
*Littoral Croatia
**Wine region Dalmatinska zagora
**Wine region Hrvatsko primorje
**Wine region Istra
**Wine region Sjeverna Dalmacija
**Wine region Srednja i Južna Dalmacija

Cyprus

*Commandaria

Czech Republic

*Bohemia
**Litoměřická
**Mělnická
*Moravia
**Mikulovská
**Slovácká
**Velkopavlovická
**Znojemská

France

*Alsace - Alsace wine
*Bordeaux - Bordeaux wine
**Barsac
**Entre-deux-Mers
**Graves
**Fronsac
**Haut-Médoc
**Médoc
**Pauillac
**Pessac-Léognan
**Pomerol
**Saint-Émilion
**Saint-Estèphe
**Saint-Julien
**Margaux
**Sauternes - Sauternes (wine)
*Burgundy (Bourgogne) - Burgundy wine
**Beaujolais
**Bugey
**Chablis
**Côte Chalonnaise
**Côte d'Or
***Côte de Nuits
****Chambolle-Musigny
****Gevrey-Chambertin
****Nuits-Saint-Georges
****Vosne-Romanée
***Côte de Beaune
****Aloxe-Corton
****Auxey-Duresses
****Beaune
****Chassagne-Montrachet
****Meursault
****Santenay
**Mâconnais
*Champagne - Champagne (wine)
*Jura - Jura wine
*Languedoc-Roussillon
**Banyuls
**Blanquette de Limoux
**Cabardes
**Collioure
**Corbières
**Côtes du Roussillon
**Fitou
**Maury
**Minervois
**Rivesaltes
*Loire Valley
**Anjou-Saumur
**Cognac
**Muscadet
**Sancerre
**Pouilly Fumé
**Touraine
*Lorraine
*Madiran
*Provence
*Rhône - Rhône (wine region)
**Beaumes-de-Venise
**Château-Grillet
**Châteauneuf-du-Pape
**Condrieu
**Cornas
**Côte du Rhône-Villages, Rhône wine
**Côte-Rôtie
**Crozes-Hermitage
**Gigondas
**Hermitage
**St. Joseph
**Saint-Péray
**Vacqueyras
*Savoie

=Georgia=

*Kakheti, containing the micro-regions Telavi and Kvareli
*Kartli
*Imereti
*Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
*Abkhazia, see also|Abkhazian wine

Germany

*Ahr
*Baden
*Franconia (Franken)
*Hessische Bergstraße
*Mittelrhein
*Mosel
*Nahe
*Palatinate (Pfalz)
*Rheingau
*Rheinhessen
*Saale-Unstrut
*Saxony (Sachsen)
*Württemberg

Greece

:"Detailed information on Greek wine regions can be found [http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone/regions/regions.shtml here]
*Aegean islands
**Crete
**Limnos
**Paros
**Rhodes
**Samos
**Santorini
*Central Greece
**Attica
**Epirus
***Zitsa
**Thessaly
***Rapsani
***Ankhialos
*Ionian Islands
**Kefalonia
*Macedonia
**Amyntaion
**Goumenissa
**Naoussa
*Peloponnesus
**Mantinia
**Nemea
**Patras

Hungary

*Central Transdanubia
**Ászár-Neszmély
**Badacsony
**Balatonfelvidék (Balaton Uplands)
**Balatonfüred-Csopak
**Etyek-Buda
**Mór
**Somló
*Southern Great Plain
**Csongrád
**Hajós-Baja
**Kunság
*Northern Hungary
**Bükkalja
**Eger
**Mátraalja
**Tokaj-Hegyalja
*Western Transdanubia
**Balatonmelléke
**Pannonhalma-Sokoróalja
**Sopron
*Southern Transdanubia
**Balatonboglár
**Mecsekalja
**Szekszárd
**Tolna
**Villány

Ireland

*Cork

Italy

*Province of Bolzano-Bozen (often under "Alto Adige")
*Emilia-Romagna
*Sangiovese Superiore di Romagna
*Trebbiano di Romagna
*Colli Cesenate
*Tuscany
**Chianti
**Chianti Classico
**Scansano
**Montalcino
**Parrina
**Pitigliano
**Valdinievole
**Colli Apuani
**Bolgheri
**Val di Chiana
**Colli Etruria Centrale
**Elba
**Montescudaio
**Colline Lucchesi
**Val di Cornia
**San Gimignano
**Valle di Arbia
*Piedmont
**Asti
**Alba
**Monferrato
**Barolo
**Acqui
**Colli Tortonesi
**Ovada
**Langhe
**Gattinara
**Ghemme
**Gavi
*Veneto
**Arcole
**Bagnoli
**Bardolino
**Bianco di Custoza
**Breganze
**Colli Berici
**Colli di Conegliano
**Colli Euganei
**Gambellara
**Garda
**Lessini Durello
**Lison Pramaggiore
**Lugana
**Montgello e Colli Asolani
**Piave
**Prosecco di Conegliano - Valdobbiadene
**Soave
**Valdadige
**Valpolicella
*Liguria
**Cinque Terre
*Sardinia
**Monti
**Nuragus
**Cagliari
**Ogliastra
*Umbria
**Orvieto
**Torgiano
*Marche
**Conero
**Piceno
**Castelli di Jesi
*Lombardy
**Franciacorta
**Oltrepo Pavese
*Sicily
**Pantelleria
**Etna
**Noto
*Province of Trento (often under "Trentino")

Luxembourg

*Moselle Valley

Republic of Macedonia

*Povardarie
*Tikveš
*Skopsko vinogorje

Moldova

*Cricova
*Bardar
*Codri
*Hincheşti
*Purcari

Montenegro

*Plantaže, near Podgorica
*Crmnica

Poland

*Warka, near Warsaw
*Zielona Góra

Portugal

*Vinhos Verdes
*Porto e Douro
*Madeira
*Alentejo
*Dão
*Bairrada
*Bucelas
*Colares
*Carcavelos
*Setúbal
*Lagoa
*Lagos
*Portimão
*Tavira

Romania

*Cotnari
*Dealu Mare
*Drăgăşani
*Murfatlar
*Odobeşti
*Recaş
*Târnave
*Vânju Mare
*Jidvei
*Arad

Russia

*Caucasus
*Krasnodar
*Stavropoli

Serbia

*Vršac
*Palić
*Negotin
*Fruška Gora
*Čoka
*Župa, Aleksandrovac

Slovakia

Whole of southern Slovakia
*Malokarpatská (Small Carpathians)
*Južnoslovenská (Southern Slovakian)
*Nitrianska (Region of Nitra)
*Stredoslovenská (Central Slovakian)
*Východoslovenská (Eastern Slovakian)
*Tokaj (Tokaj region of Slovakia)

Slovenia

*Podravje
*Posavje
*Primorje

Spain

"See also |Spanish wine"
*Andalusia
**Condado de Huelva
**Jerez-Xeres-Sherry
**Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda
**Montilla-Moriles
**Málaga and Sierras de Málaga
*Aragon
**Calatayud
**Campo de Borja
**Cariñena
**Somontano
**Cava
*Castile and León
**Bierzo
**Cigales
**Ribera del Duero
**Rueda
**Toro
**Cava
*Castile-La Mancha"'
**Almansa
**Dominio de Valdepusa
**La Mancha
**Manchuela
**Méntrida
**Mondéjar
**Guijoso
**Ribera del Júcar
**Valdepeñas
**Jumilla
*Catalonia
**Alella
**Empordà
**Catalunya
**Conca de Barberà
**Costers del Segre
**Montsant
**Penedès
**Pla de Bages
**Priorat
**Tarragona
**Terra Alta
**Cava
*Community of Madrid
**Vinos de Madrid
*Valencian Community
**Alicante
**Utiel-Requena
**Valencia
**Cava
*Extremadura
**Ribera del Guadiana
**Cava
*Galicia
**Monterrey
**Rías Bajas
**Ribeira Sacra
**Ribeiro
**Valdeorras
*Balearic Islands
**Binissalem-Mallorca
**Pla i Llevant
*Canary Islands
**Abona
**La Gomera
**Gran Canaria
**Monte Lentiscal
**El Hierro
**La Palma
**Lanzarote
**Tacoronte-Acentejo
**Valle de Güímar
**Valle de la Orotava
**Ycoden-Daute-Isora
*Navarre
**Navarra
**Rioja
**Cava
*Basque Country
**Chacolí de Álava
**Chacolí de Vizcaya
**Chacolí de Guetaria
**Rioja (Alavesa)
**Cava
*Región de Murcia
**Bullas
**Yecla
**Jumilla
*La Rioja
**Rioja"' (DOCa)
**Cava

Sweden

*Gutevin from Gotland

Switzerland

*Geneva
*Grisons
*Neuchâtel
*St. Gallen
*Ticino
*Valais
*Vaud
**Lavaux
**La Côte
*Zürich

Turkey

*White Wine Grapescite web |url=http://www.yazganwine.com/en/sarap.html |title=Grapes grown for wine production in Turkey |publisher=Yazgan Winery |accessdate=2007-06-06 |year=2007]
**Emir - Nevşehir Capadocia Area
**Narince - Tokat Area
**Hasandede - Ankara and Central Anatolia
**Bornova Misket - İzmir Area
**Sultaniye - Aegean Region
**Yapıncak - Trakya Region
**Altıntaş - Marmara Region and Bozcaada
**Beylerce - Bilecik Area
**Rumi, Kabarcık, Dökülgen - Southeastern Anatolia Region

*Red Wine Grapes
**Öküzgözü - Elazığ Area
**Boğazkere - Elazığ and Diyarbakır Areas
**Kalecik Karası - Ankara Area
**Papazkarası - Kırklareli Area
**Çalkarası - Denizli Çal Area
**Karasakız - Çanakkale Region
**Horozkarası, Sergikarası - Southeastern Anatolia Region
**Dimrit - Central Anatolia and Eastern Aegean Region
**Karalahna - Tekirdağ Region
**Adakarası - Marmara Region and Avşa Island

Ukraine

*Crimea
*Odessa Oblast
*Zakarpattia Oblast

=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 of England, in the counties of Kent, Surrey, Essex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and East and West Sussex.

Asia

China

Regions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty, [http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/inst/chinesisch/wineculture_abstract_chenxigang.pdf] with wines being brought to China from Persia. Some of the more famous wine-producing regions are:
*Chang'an
*Qiuci
*Gaochang
*Luoyang

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:
*Beijing, Beijing [http://www.wines-info.com/html/192/6033.html Chinese Markets for Wines :wines-info ] ]
*Zhangjiakou, Hebei
*Dalian, Liaoning
*Tonghua, Jilin
*Yibin, Sichuan

Israel

*Bet Shemesh
*Galilee
*Jerusalem
*Rishon LeZion produced wine since 1886
*Golan heights
*Mount Carmel
*Latrun
*Judean Hills

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.
*Shiraz

Palestinian territories

*Beit Jala
*Hebron

India

*Bangalore
*Nasik
*Sangli
*Narayangaon
*Pune
*Bijapur

Japan

*Nagano
*Yamanashi

Lebanon

*Bekaa Valley

Syria

*Jabal el Druze
*Homs

Vietnam

*Dalat

Oceania

Australia

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. [cite web |url=http://www.wineaustralia.com/Australia/Default.aspx?tabid=834|title=Register of Protected Names Section (a) Australian GI|publisher=Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation |accessdate=2008-04-08]

The zones, regions and subregions in each state are listed below:;New South Wales
*Big Rivers
**Murray Darling
**Perricoota
**Riverina
**Swan Hill
*Central Ranges
**Cowra
**Mudgee
**Orange
*Hunter Valley
**Hunter wine region
***Broke Fordwich
*Northern Rivers
**Hastings River
*Northern Slopes
*South Coast
**Shoalhaven Coast
**Southern Highlands
*Southern New South Wales
**Canberra District (includes the northern part of the Australian Capital Territory)
**Gundagai
**Hilltops
**Tumbarumba

;Queensland:Regions, no zone defined
*Granite Belt
*South Burnett

;South Australia"Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa"
*Barossa
**Barossa Valley
**Eden Valley
***High Eden
*Far North
**Southern Flinders Ranges
*Fleurieu
**Currency Creek
**Kangaroo Island
**Langhorne Creek
**McLaren Vale
**Southern Fleurieu
*Limestone Coast
**Coonawarra
**Mount Benson
**Padthaway
**Wrattonbully
**Robe
**Bordertown
*Lower Murray
**Riverland
*Mount Lofty Ranges
**Adelaide Hills
***Lenswood
***Piccadilly Valley
**Adelaide Plains
**Clare Valley
*The Peninsulas

;Tasmanian wine
* North West
* Tamar Valley
* Pipers River
* East Coast
* Coal River
* Derwent Valley
* Southern

;Victoria
*Central Victoria
**Bendigo
**Goulburn Valley
***Nagambie Lakes
**Heathcote wine region
**Strathbogie Ranges
**Upper Goulburn
*Gippsland
*North East Victoria
**Alpine Valleys
**Beechworth
**Glenrowan
**Rutherglen
*North West Victoria
**Murray Darling
**Swan Hill
*Port Phillip
**Geelong
**Macedon Ranges
**Mornington Peninsula
**Sunbury
**Yarra Valley
*Western Victoria
**Grampians
**Henty
**Pyrenees

;Western Australia
*Central Western Australia
*Eastern Plains, inland and northern Western Australia
*Greater Perth
**Peel
**Perth Hills
**Swan District
***Swan Valley
*South West Australia
**Blackwood Valley
**Geographe
**Great Southern
***Albany
***Denmark
***Frankland River
***Mount Barker
***Porongurup
**Manjimup
**Margaret River
**Pemberton
*Western Australia South East Coastal

New Zealand

*Auckland Region
**Henderson
**Kumeu
**Waiheke Island
**Matakana
*Bay of Plenty
*Canterbury
**Waipara
*Central Otago
*Hawke's Bay Region
**Gimblett Gravells
*Gisborne
*Marlborough
**Renwick
**Seddon
**Blenheim
**Cloudy Bay
*Nelson
*Northland Region
*Waikato
**Te Kauwhata
**Te Awamutu
*Wairarapa
**Martinborough

References