List of wine-producing regions

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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 2021, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in order, Italy, France, Spain, the United States, and China.

Countries

Top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2021 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 27 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 2021
RankCountryProduction
(tonnes)
1Italy5,088,500
2France3,713,200
3Spain3,700,588
4United States2,057,021
5China1,814,400
6Australia1,482,000
7Chile1,343,729
8Argentina1,248,155
9South Africa1,133,300
10Portugal718,547
11Romania530,000
12Germany452,693
13Russia450,000
14Brazil348,449
15Hungary310,000
16Greece290,000
17Turkey266,962
18New Zealand266,400
19Austria246,000
20Moldova167,500
21Georgia119,617
22North Macedonia93,600
23Bulgaria82,300
24Peru81,000
25Uruguay74,865
26Ukraine68,470
27Croatia66,000
28Canada65,357
29Switzerland60,904
30Czechia59,000
31Turkmenistan52,098
32Japan49,473
33Mexico43,268
34Morocco43,083
35Tunisia28,000
36Serbia26,550
37Belarus26,430
38Kazakhstan23,343
39Vietnam18,153
40Belgium17,496
41Uzbekistan16,899
42Armenia12,829
43Slovenia10,192
44Azerbaijan10,116
45Montenegro10,022
46Luxembourg9,800
47Cyprus8,900
48Bolivia8,400
49Madagascar7,791
50Slovakia7,711
51Bosnia and Herzegovina5,677
52Egypt4,775
53Saint Lucia4,449
54Lithuania4,143
55Mauritius3,166
56Colombia2,606
57Albania2,587
58Latvia2,569
59Kyrgyzstan2,316
60Estonia2,088
61Israel2,020
62Paraguay1,981
63Lebanon932
64Jordan557
65Thailand461
66Mongolia371
67United Kingdom354
68Tajikistan182
69Panama108

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

Vineyard in Hunter Valley, Australia

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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