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 2005, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in
order,
Italy,
France,
Spain, the
United
States, and
Argentina (see
list of wine-producing
countries for a complete rank).
Stellenbosch vineyard
- Rio Grande do
Sul - Bento Gonçalves
, Caxias do
Sul,Garibaldi,Cotiporã
- 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
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- A complete listing of federally defined wine regions,
called American Viticultural
Areas, is available here.
Wine-producing regions in California.
- The wine producing area is mainly in the Dpto.
Canelones near the capital Montevideo, for more info: The Uruguayan wine
guide
- The wine producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found
here
- A map of Austrian wine regions can be found here
Wine-producing regions in Bulgaria.
Map of wine regions in France
- Detailed information on Greek wine regions can be found
here
Portugese wine regions
Wine-producing regions in Slovakia.
Whole of southern Slovakia
Spanish wine-producing regions
Wine-producing regions in Turkey
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.
Regions producing native wines have been present since the
Qin Dynasty, 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:
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.
Australian geographic indications by
state
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.
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
- West Australian wine
- Central Western Australia
- Eastern Plains, inland and northern Western Australia
- Greater Perth
- South West Australia
- Western Australia South East Coastal
References
-
http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/inst/chinesisch/wineculture_abstract_chenxigang.pdf
-
http://www.wines-info.com/Newshtml/200812/2282008123011241759.html
- Chinese Markets for Wines :wines-info
- (VQA defined viticultural area)
- (VQA defined viticultural area)
- (VQA defined viticultural area)
North Shore and Pelee Island
- (VQA defined viticultural area)
/ Durango
, collectively known as La Laguna wine region
valleys.
(Napa Valley and
part of Los Carneros
AVA)
(Paso
Robles)
(Sonoma Valley
, Alexander
Valley, Dry Creek
Valley
, Russian River Valley
also in
Oklahoma and Arkansas
Genevieve
, since 2005
region
- Alsace
wine
- Bordeaux wine
- Champagne
- Jura
wine
, containing the micro-regions Telavi
and Kvareli
,
, near Warsaw
(Israeli-governed)
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