Wine_region Wine_region

Wine region - Definition

Related Words: Abode, Acres, Alluvium, Archbishopric, Archdiocese, Area, Arrondissement, Bailiwick, Bearings, Belt, Bishopric, Borough, Canton, City, Clay, Commune, County, Crust, Demesne, Departement

The following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them.

Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, on both the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

In 2002, the five largest producers of wine in the world were France, Italy, Spain, United States, and Australia.

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Africa

Algeria

South Africa

Americas

Argentina

Canada

Chile

Mexico

United States

A complete listing of federally-defined wine regions, called American Viticultural Areas, is available here (http://www.winepros.org/consumerism/ava.htm).

Europe

Austria

(Details (http://www.austrian.wine.co.at/ewein/fr_regions.html) about Austria's wine growing regions)

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

France

Germany (see German wine)

Greece

(More detailed information on Greece's wine regions (http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone/regions/regions.shtml))

Hungary

Italy

Poland

Moldova

  • Bardar
  • Codri
  • Hincheshti
  • Purkari

Portugal

Romania

  • Tarnave
  • Dealu Mare
  • Murfatlar
  • Cotnari

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  • Tikves
  • Skopsko vinogorje

Russia

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Slovakia

whole southern Slovakia, esp.:

  • Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathians)
  • Tokaj

Slovenia

  • Podravje
  • Posavje
  • Primorje

Spain

Switzerland

Ukraine


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United Kingdom

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Former Soviet Union

Republic of Georgia

  • Georgian vineyards

Middle East

Israel

Bet Shemesh

Palestine

Turkey

  • Turkish vineyards

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand


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