Regions

Old World
- Bordeaux
  Located around the Gironde estuary and along the Dordogne and Garonne rivers, Bordeaux is one o...
- Piedmont
  The name in Italian means “foot of the mountain,” given its location at the foot of the Al...
- Rheingau
  The Rheingau is a major German wine-producing region that is located along the Rhine and Main r...
- Champagne
  Champagne is the most famous sparkling wine region in the world. It is located in northeas...
- Rioja
  The Rioja region of Spain produces one of the world’s finest, and most long lived wines: Rioja. R...
- Tuscany
  To consider modern day Tuscan wine, one should give props to the Etruscans, who inhabited this ...
- Burgundy
  Bourgogne is perhaps the most complex and intimidating of French wine regions. It enjoys...
- Portugal
  Portugal is best known for its fortified wines Madeira and Port. But there are also some o...
- Alsace
  This region, wedged between the Rhine River and the Voges Mountains, is the product of a fascin...
- Italy
  Wine in Italy is as much an integral part of everyday culture as love, family, cuisine and usin...
- Rhône
  Located along a section of the Rhone river in southeastern France, this is really two regi...
- France
  Perhaps no country evokes such strong associations with fine wine as does France. Its reputatio...
- Alto Adige
  Alto Adige is the north half of the larger region known as Trentino-Alto Adige, in norther...
- Germany
  Germany is the producer of some of the most admired wines in the world. These are its Rieslings...
- Sicily
  Wine grapes have always grown on the Italian island of Sicily. Some say it was Dionysus, t...
New World
- California
  Viticulture in California began in the 1700s as Spanish missionaries worked their way north fro...
- Argentina
  Argentina is one of the top five wine-producing countries in the world. For a long time, most o...
- Sonoma County
  Wine-making in Sonoma, California began in 1812 when Russian colonists planted grapes at F...
- Brazil
  The climatic diversity typical of a continental country and creativity of the Brazilian people,...
- New Zealand
  The history of New Zealand wine-making dates back to the 1800s when settlers planted vines and ...
- Napa
  There is some debate over how this famous wine region got its name. Spanish settlers named...
- Oregon
  The history of Oregon wine-making dates back to the mid 1800s. Horticulturalist Henderson Luell...
- New York
  Though the first successful North American wine production is often credited to California, New...
- Paso Robles
  Paso Robles (“Oak Pass”) is part of San Luis Obispo county in California’s Central Coast. The f...
- Australia
  The history of wine-making in Australia dates back to the late 1700s when the first European se...
- Rioja
  The Rioja region of Spain produces one of the world’s finest, and most long lived wines: Rioja. R...
- Washington
  Washington State has become the second largest wine producer in the US, however its qua...
- Chile
  Winemaking was first introduced to Chile by Spanish settlers in the 1500’s, but it wasn’t until...
- San Luis Obispo County
  San Luis Obispo is part of the larger wine Central Coast region of California, located at ...
- Lodi
  The Lodi wine region lies in the northern portion of California’s Central Valley, which include...