List of wine-producing regions

Wines are produced in 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, typically in regions of Mediterranean climate. Grapes will sometimes grow beyond this range, thus minor amounts of wine are made in some rather unexpected places.

Wine production in 2014[1]

In 2014, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in order, Italy, Spain, France, the United States, and China.

Countries

Top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2014 in tonnes, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is an agency of the United Nations; this is the latest information available from the FAO.

Their data show a total worldwide production of 31 million tonnes of wine with the top 15 producing countries accounting for over 90% of the total.[2]

Map of global wine production in 2013
Wine production by country in 2014
RankCountryProduction
(tonnes)
1Italy4,796,900
2Spain4,607,850
3France4,293,466
4United States3,300,000
5China1,700,000
6Argentina1,498,380
7Chile1,214,000
8Australia1,186,343
9South Africa1,146,006
10Germany920,200
11Portugal603,327
12Romania378,283
13Greece334,300
14Russia327,400
15New Zealand320,400
16Brazil273,100
17Hungary258,520
18Austria199,869
19Serbia198,183
20Moldova149,850
21Bulgaria130,500
22Georgia108,600
23Switzerland93,365
24Ukraine86,904
25Japan85,000
26Peru73,000
27Uruguay72,500
28Canada54,663
29Algeria52,000
30Czech Republic52,000
31North Macedonia51,013
32Croatia45,272
33Turkey44,707
34Mexico39,360
35Turkmenistan39,000
36Morocco37,000
37Uzbekistan36,000
38Slovakia32,527
39Belarus29,980
40Albania24,000
41Kazakhstan21,993
42Tunisia21,500
43Montenegro16,000
44Lebanon14,700
45Slovenia13,229
46Colombia13,000
47Luxembourg12,494
48Cuba12,080
49Estonia11,104
50Cyprus10,302
51Azerbaijan9,512
52Bolivia9,422
53Madagascar8,350
54Bosnia and Herzegovina7,524
55Armenia6,174
56Lithuania6,005
57Egypt5,000
58Israel5,000
59Belgium2,900
60Latvia2,450
61Malta2,426
62Zimbabwe1,750
63Kyrgyzstan1,700
64Paraguay1,500
65Ethiopia1,297
66Jordan550
67United Kingdom425
68Costa Rica175
69Panama159
70Tajikistan150
71Liechtenstein79
72Syria70
73Poland49
74Réunion30

Africa

Algeria

Cape Verde

Morocco

South Africa

A vineyard in the Stellenbosch region, South Africa

Tunisia

Americas

Argentina

Argentine wine regions

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Colombia

Costa Rica

Chile

Chile's topography with the location of most of Chile's wine regions highlighted

Mexico

Peru

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

The wine-producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found here.

Europe

Albania

Austria

Belgium

  • Côtes de Sambre et Meuse, between the rivers Sambre et Meuse, since 2004
  • Hagelandse wijn, near Rotselaar/Leuven, since 1997
  • Haspengouw, Limburg, since 2000
  • Heuvelland, since 2005

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Map of wine regions in France
Corsica's wine regions: (1) Cap Corse, (2) Patrimonio, (3) Calvi, (4) Ajaccio, (5) Sartène , (6) Figari, (7) Porto-Vecchio, (8) Greater Vin de Corse region. The Muscat du Cap Corse region overlaps with part of the Cap Corse and Patrimonio regions.

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Greek wine regions

Hungary

Wine regions in Hungary

Ireland

Italy

"Chianti" areas in Tuscany

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Portuguese wine regions

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Wine regions of Serbia

Slovakia

Wine-producing regions in Slovakia
  • Malokarpatská (Small Carpathians)
  • Južnoslovenská (Southern Slovakia)
  • Nitrianska (region of Nitra)
  • Stredoslovenská (Central Slovakia)
  • Tokaj (Tokaj region of Slovakia)
  • Východoslovenská (Eastern Slovakia)
  • The whole of southern Slovakia

Slovenia

The three wine regions in Slovenia

Spain

Spanish wine-producing regions

Sweden

  • Gutevin – Gotland

Switzerland

Turkey

Wine-producing regions in Turkey
  • White wine grapes:[12]
    • Altıntaş – Marmara region and Bozcaada
    • Beylerce – Bilecik area
    • Bornova Misketi – İzmir area
    • Emir – Nevşehir (Cappadocia) area
    • Hasandede – Ankara and central Anatolia
    • Narince – Tokat area
    • Rumi, Kabarcık, Dökülgen – Southeastern Anatolia region
    • Sultaniye – Aegean region
    • Yapıncak – Thracian region
  • Red wine grapes[12]

Ukraine

In Ukraine, at the present time there are seven administrative regions (provinces) in which the wine industry has developed. Given the favorable climatic location, the law of Ukraine allocated 15 winegrowing areas (macrozones), which are the basis for growing certain varieties of grapes, and 58 natural wine regions (microzones). These are located mainly in the following areas.

United Kingdom

In the UK, the area under vines is small, and whilst viticulture is not a major part of the rural economy, significant planting of new vines has occurred 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.

Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Burma

China

Regions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty,[13] 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:

India

Indonesia

Indonesia has been producing wine for over 18 years, with North Bali's vineyards producing three main grape varieties: the Belgia, the Alphonse Lavallee and the Probolinggo Biru. The main producer, Hatten Wines, has revolutionized the world of winemaking, with eight wines produced from these three varieties.

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 has been diverted to non-alcoholic purposes.

Israel

Also includes wine regions in Israeli-occupied territories.

Japan

Kazakhstan

South Korea

Lebanon

Palestinian territories

Syria

Turkey

Wine-producing regions in Turkey
  • White wine grapes:[12]
    • Altıntaş – Marmara region and Bozcaada
    • Beylerce – Bilecik area
    • Bornova Misketi – İzmir area
    • Emir – Nevşehir (Cappadocia) area
    • Hasandede – Ankara and central Anatolia
    • Narince – Tokat area
    • Rumi, Kabarcık, Dökülgen – Southeastern Anatolia region
    • Sultaniye – Aegean region
    • Yapıncak – Thracian region
  • Red wine grapes[12]

Vietnam

Oceania

Australia

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.[18]

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

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa wine zones.

Tasmania

Regions, no zones defined
  • Coal River
  • Derwent Valley
  • East Coast
  • North West
  • Pipers River
  • Southern
  • Tamar Valley

Victoria

Western Australia

New Zealand

Wine region map of New Zealand

GI stands for New Zealand Geographical Indication.

Notes

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