• Alentejo Alentejo is a vast, sun-baked region covering much of southern Portugal, a land of rolling plains, cork oaks, and whitewashed towns. Its…
• Aljezur Aljezur sits on the wild western edge of the Algarve, along the windswept Costa Vicentina where Portugal meets the open Atlantic. This…
• Alva, Dão The Dão lies in the granite highlands of central Portugal, ringed by mountains that shelter its vineyards and lend cool nights to…
• Barolo, Piedmont Barolo is one of Italy's most revered red wines, born in the Langhe hills of Piedmont amid fog-draped slopes and patchwork vineyards.…
• Beaujolais Beaujolais stretches across granite and schist hills just south of Burgundy in eastern France, a region devoted almost entirely to the Gamay…
• Beaune, Burgundy Beaune sits at the heart of Burgundy's Côte de Beaune and serves as the historic capital of the region's wine trade. Surrounded…
• Boca Boca is a small, historic appellation in Alto Piemonte, the hilly northern reaches of Piedmont near the foothills of the Alps. Its…
• Bockenheim, Pfalz Bockenheim lies at the northern end of the Pfalz, one of Germany's largest and sunniest wine regions, stretching along the eastern edge…
• Brda Brda, or Goriška Brda, is a cluster of steep, sun-warmed hills in western Slovenia, seamlessly continuing Italy's Collio just across the border.…
• Campania Campania is a rugged, historic region in southern Italy, spanning volcanic slopes, coastal hills, and mountainous inland terrain around Naples. It is…
• Castel dell Monte, Puglia Castel del Monte is a well-known appellation in Puglia, the sun-drenched heel of Italy, named after the striking octagonal castle that presides…
• Cephalonia Cephalonia, or Kefalonia, is the largest of the Ionian Islands off western Greece, a place of rugged limestone mountains and pine forests.…
• Chianti, Toscane Chianti is the beating heart of Tuscan wine, its vineyards rolling across the hills between Florence and Siena amid cypress trees and…
• Côte des Blancs, Champagne The Côte des Blancs is a celebrated stretch of Champagne running south of Épernay, named for the pale grape that dominates its…
• Dão Dão sits in the granite highlands of central Portugal, ringed by mountains that shelter its vineyards and cool the nights. Pine forests…
• Douro The Douro is a dramatic river valley in northern Portugal, its terraced vineyards carved into steep schist slopes. Long famous as the…
• Etna, Sicily Etna is a high-altitude wine region on the slopes of Sicily's active volcano, where vineyards climb steep terraces of black volcanic soil.…
• Fosdinovo, Tuscany Fosdinovo is a hilltop village in the Lunigiana, the northernmost corner of Tuscany where it meets Liguria. The area falls within the…
• Friuli Friuli, in Italy's north-eastern corner of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, is renowned above all for its white wines. Cool Alpine air, Adriatic influence and…
• Gaiole, Chianti Gaiole in Chianti is one of the historic communes at the heart of Chianti Classico, in the hills between Florence and Siena.…
• La Morra, Piedmont La Morra is one of the principal communes of the Barolo zone in Piedmont's Langhe hills. Its calcareous marl soils and gentle…
• Languedoc The Languedoc is a vast, sun-drenched region sweeping along France's Mediterranean coast, historically the country's largest wine-producing area. Once known mainly for…
• Lisboa Lisboa is a long coastal region running north from the Portuguese capital, formerly known as Estremadura. Strongly shaped by the Atlantic, it…
• Loire The Loire Valley follows France's longest river from the Atlantic coast toward the centre of the country, spanning a remarkable range of…
• Mallorca Mallorca, the largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, has a small but distinctive wine scene rooted in native grapes. Warm Mediterranean days, sea…
• Meursault, Burgundy Meursault is one of the great white-wine villages of the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy. Its gentle slopes and limestone-rich soils yield…
• Minho The Minho, in Portugal's cool, green northwest, is the home of Vinho Verde. Named for the Minho river that traces the Spanish…
• Montalcino, Toscane Montalcino is a hilltop town in southern Tuscany, celebrated for Brunello di Montalcino, one of Italy's most prestigious red wines. Its warm,…
• Montsant Montsant is a Catalan wine region that all but encircles the famous Priorat, in the hilly hinterland of Tarragona. Often seen as…
• Mosel The Mosel is one of Germany's most storied wine regions, following the winding Mosel river and its Saar and Ruwer tributaries between…
• Mulheim, Mosel Mülheim is a small winegrowing village on the Middle Mosel in Germany, set among the region's classic steep riverside vineyards. Like its…
• Nahe The Nahe, named for the river that runs through it, is a comparatively compact German wine region set between the Mosel and…
• North Alentejo North Alentejo covers the cooler, more elevated northern reaches of Portugal's vast Alentejo region, inland from Lisbon toward the Spanish border. Higher…
• Penedès Penedès is a leading Catalan wine region south of Barcelona, spanning coastal plains up to higher inland hills. It is the heartland…
• Piedmont Piedmont, in Italy's mountainous northwest, is one of the country's most revered wine regions, its name meaning 'foot of the mountains' at…
• Pommard, Burgundy Pommard is a renowned red-wine village in the Côte de Beaune, at the heart of France's Burgundy region. It produces exclusively red…
• Portalegre Portalegre lies in the far north of Portugal's Alentejo, set around the cooler slopes of the Serra de São Mamede near the…
• Prato, Toscane Prato is a province in Tuscany, central Italy, lying just northwest of Florence in the region's celebrated winegrowing heartland. While best known…
• Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy Puligny-Montrachet is one of the most revered white-wine villages of Burgundy's Côte de Beaune, celebrated for Chardonnay of exceptional finesse. It sits…
• Rioja Alavesa Rioja Alavesa is the northernmost of Rioja's three subzones, tucked into the Basque province of Álava at the foot of the Sierra…
• Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Liguria Riomaggiore is one of the five cliffside villages of the Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast of northwest Italy. Its dramatic terraced…
• Salento, Puglia Salento is the sun-drenched peninsula that forms the heel of Italy, at the southern end of Puglia. Its hot, dry climate and…
• Schlossberg, Pfalz The Pfalz is one of Germany's largest and sunniest wine regions, running along the eastern edge of the Haardt hills near the…
• Serralunga d’Alba, Piedmont Serralunga d'Alba is one of the most prestigious villages in the Barolo zone of Piedmont, in the Langhe hills of northwest Italy.…
• Sicily Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and one of Italy's most dynamic and diverse wine regions. From sun-baked coastal plains…
• Teano, Campania Teano lies in the province of Caserta in Campania, the historic wine region of southern Italy centred on Naples. The region's volcanic…
• Touraine, Loire Touraine sits at the heart of France's Loire Valley, a green landscape of rivers, châteaux and varied vineyards. It is one of…
• Umbria Umbria is a landlocked region in central Italy, often described as the green heart of the country. Its rolling hills and continental…
• Volnay, Burgundy Volnay is a celebrated red-wine village in Burgundy's Côte de Beaune, long regarded as a benchmark for elegance. Its vineyards, set on…
• West Algarve The West Algarve lies along the sunny southern coast of Portugal, where a warm Mediterranean climate meets Atlantic breezes. Once known mainly…