Wine Regions of the World

Abruzzo region

Italy

The Italian wine region of Abruzzo, ideally situated between the Adriatic sea and Apennine mountain range remains the home to some of the most flourishing wine ...

Alentejo region

Portugal

Many observers credit the Alentejo (translated as ‘Beyond the Tagus’) Region with leading the modern Portuguese wine revolution. The region is immense and cove ...

Alexander Valley AVA

Sonoma, North Coast

Just north of the town of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California, lies the Alexander Valley AVA. The area is the most planted wine region in Sonoma with many ...

Amador County

Sierra Foothills

The Amador County wine region is part of the well known Sierra Foothills AVA. Amador County has two appellations; Shenandoah Valley and Fiddletown, both locat ...

Anderson Valley AVA

Mendocino, North Coast

Tucked away in California’s Mendocino County is the Anderson Valley AVA. Just 10 or so miles from the Pacific Ocean, the appellation cuts through the coastal r ...

Argentina

Even though Argentina can trace its wine history back more than five centuries to Spanish Jesuits, it is only recently that the country’s wines have risen in ...

Arroyo Grande Valley AVA

San Luis Obispo

The Arroyo Grande Valley wine region is one of the four San Louis Obispo County AVAs along with Edna Valley, York Mountain and Paso Robles. Of these four, Arro ...

Arroyo Seco

Monterey County

Its name literally means ‘dry riverbed’ and is synonymous with top grade Chardonnays that have excelled from the area for the past four or five decades. Arro ...

Australia

Australia’s emergence into the world of wine began in 1788 with vine cuttings from the Cape of Good Hope. Sadly the hot and humid climate proved to be too st ...

Austria

While the beautiful wine crystal glasses of Austrian producer Riedel are often the most expensive and most recognized in the world, such is not the case with ...

Bordeaux region

France

The French wine growing region of Bordeaux was, is, and always will be the cornerstone of great French wine production. Many of the estates can trace their w ...

Burgundy region

France

While certainly not the largest wine growing region in France, Burgundy located in the east-central part has built a giant reputation for quality wines. The ...

Calaveras County AVA

Calaveras County, Sierra Foothills

The Calaveras County AVA is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in north-eastern California about 100 miles from San Francisco Bay. While the ...

Calistoga AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

The Calistoga AVA (formally established in 2010) is situated in the northern part of California’s famous Napa Valley. Calistoga has been producing high quality ...

Canary Islands

Spain

The Canary Islands are actually an archipelago that sits some 70 miles off Morocco’s west coast. They are the property of Spain and exist under a great deal of ...

Capay Valley AVA

Yolo County, North Coast

Tucked between the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa and Sutter, Yolo County in Northern California, has been growing quality grapes for decad ...

Central Coast AVA

California

The Central Coast wine region or AVA (American Viticultural Area) encompasses Santa Barbara County on the south end and extends all the way to the San Francisc ...

Central Valley region

California

The Central Valley wine region in California stretches 300 miles starting east of the San Francisco Bay in the central California valley and extending south t ...

Champagne region

France

The world famous Champagne wine region, located about an hour north of Paris, France, has become synonymous with high quality sparking wines. Situated along th ...

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

France

Located in the southern part of France, between cities of Avignon and Orange, lies Châteauneuf-du-Pape, this region is one of the world’s most important wine a ...

Chehalem Mountains AVA

Willamette Valley, Oregon

As a sub AVA of the larger Willamette Valley wine region, the Chehalem Mountains AVA is located about 30 minutes southwest of Oregon’s largest city, Portland. ...

Chile

In the past half- decade, the wineries of Chile’s new wave movement have made significant strides in establishing their nation as one of the world’s premier w ...

Chiles Valley AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

Tucked into the Vaca Mountains on the northeast side of Napa Valley, California, lies the Chiles Valley AVA, established in 1999. Located in elevations rangi ...

Cienega Valley

Central Coast

The Cienega Valley AVA located in San Benito County is positioned along the San Andreas fault. Viticulture in Cienega Valley is largely accredited to the Fre ...

Columbia Valley AVA

Washington

While most of the Columbia Valley AVA is located in the state of Washington, the wine region also extends into the state of Oregon, stretching 185 miles wide a ...

Contra Costa County region

Central Coast

Once a booming wine growing region, Contra Costa AVA, located east of San Francisco Bay, in California, today has a much smaller wine footprint due to encroa ...

Coombsville AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

Coombsville is one of the newest AVA (American Viticultural Areas) within the larger Napa Valley wine region. Officially recognized in 2011, this area is the c ...

Dry Creek Valley AVA

Sonoma, North Coast

Dry Creek Valley AVA, with over 9,000 vineyard acres, is located in the famous wine growing region of Sonoma County, California just northwest of the town of H ...

Edna Valley AVA

San Luis Obispo, Central Coast

Just south of the popular tourist destination of San Luis Obispo, on California’s Central Coast, lies the Edna Valley wine region. Part of the significant Cen ...

El Dorado AVA

El Dorado, Sierra Foothills

Located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe in Northern California, the El Dorado AVA (appellation) was establis ...

Fiddletown AVA

Amador County, Sierra Foothills

Tucked away in the larger Amador County AVA, the small Fiddletown AVA is known for it's quality old growth Zinfandel as well as other Rhône varieties of Syrah ...

France

France’s wine roots go back to the 6th century BC where vines were introduced by Greek settlers in Southern Gaul. The wines of the region became the world stan ...

Germany

While Germany has been producing wine since Roman times, the German wine industry has been on something of a roller coaster ride since 1970. At that time, a ...

Gigondas

France

Pronounced "jhee-gohn-dahs" Located in the southern Rhône region of France, Gigondas is recognized for its high quality, but less expensive red wines. More m ...

Green Valley AVA

Russian River Valley

The Green Valley AVA is a sub AVA of the Russian River Valley and one of the smallest appellations in the Sonoma County. Modern winemaking in this region began ...

Hames Valley AVA

Monterey County

Hames Valley sits at the foot of the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County’s southern tip and possesses its own unique climate that makes it so friendly fo ...

Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County

The Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA is a 23,941 acre land that was planted between 1996 and 2001. It wasn’t until 2009 that the Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara ...

Italy

Italy is one of the world’s largest wine producers with more than 1.5 million acres under vine. Italy also claims some of the world’s oldest wine producing re ...

Lake County AVA

Lake, North Coast

The Lake County wine region, north of Napa County in Northern California, is home to 25 wineries and seven designated American Viticultural Areas (AVA). While ...

Livermore Valley AVA

Central Coast

The Livermore Valley wine region comes with a history dating back to the late 1800s. In the year 1882, Charles Wetmore introduced French cuttings of Sauvignon ...

Lodi AVA

Sacramento, Central Valley

Lodi AVA was designated an American Viticultural Area in 1986. Located in the Central Valley of California, at the northern edge of the San Joaquin Valley just ...

Los Angeles County

California

As one of the more unexpected wine regions the Los Angeles County wine region in Southern California is home to a diversity of terrain that leads to a wide var ...

Los Carneros AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

The Los Carneros AVA (also known as Carneros AVA) straddles both Napa and Sonoma counties in northern California. Located north of San Pablo Bay the area is ...

Mamertino di Milazzo

Sicily, Italy

The wine region of Mamertino di Milazzo is located in Northeastern Sicily, almost due east of the City of Messina and the famous Messina Strait that divides th ...

Marin County AVA

North Coast

This tiny wine appellation claims about 200 acres, some of which spill over into the 3 million+ acres consumed by the greater North Coast AVA. While Marin Coun ...

McLaren Vale

Australia

This premier growing area is located about 20 miles from Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is blessed by a Mediterranean climate that permits f ...

Mendocino AVA

Mendocino, North Coast

Mendocino County AVA is one of the northern-most wine regions in California with two very different climate zones separated by the Mendocino Range. Mendocino C ...

Mendoza region

Argentina

The Province of Mendoza, located in the far western expanse of the country. Mendoza is Argentina’s leading producer of top quality fruit. It is located in the ...

Mexico

It might be a tad hard to fathom, but five hundred years ago, Mexico was an important wine-growing and producing country. It was the Spanish conquistadores w ...

Monterey AVA

Monterey, Central Coast

Monterey County, located on the Central Coast of California, runs from just north of Monterey Bay, to the south, just above Paso Robles, California. Monterey C ...

Mount Veeder AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

Mount Veeder is a rugged appellation within the larger Napa Valley AVA, where many of the 1,000 acres of vines are planted on steep hillsides of the Mayacama ...

Nahe Valley region

Germany

German wines are produced among thirteen winegrowing regions, most focused along the Rhine river and its tributaries and just two located on the eastern side o ...

Napa Valley AVA

Napa, North Coast

The Napa Valley in Northern California is not large, approximately 30 miles long and five miles wide, yet is has developed a giant reputation as one of the wor ...

New Zealand

Even though New Zealand’s actual winemaking history dates back more than a century and a half, it is interesting to note that wines made from classic Europea ...

North Coast AVA

California

The Northern California wine region often referred to as the North Coast, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake Solano and Marin Counties. This large area, ...

Oak Knoll District

Napa Valley

Oak Knoll District is one of Napa Valley’s oldest AVA sub appellations. The Oak Knoll District dates back to the 1850s, planting the first vines during the Cal ...

Paso Robles AVA

San Luis Obispo, Central Coast

The Paso Robles wine region located in San Luis Obispo County, is one of the oldest in California with vines being introduced by the missionaries back in 1797. ...

Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA

Sonoma Valley AVA

The small mountainous region, Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak AVA, lies on the border of the Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Although grapes have been grown here ...

Portugal

Portugal has been producing wine for centuries yet still remains somewhat under the radar in terms of world recognition. Early cultivation of grapes began in ...

Red Hills Lake County AVA

Lake County

Red Hills Lake County AVA in California’s Lake County is a sub AVA situated within the larger Clear Lake AVA, which is at the southern end of the lake itself. ...

Ribera del Duero

Spain

The argument can be correctly made that no other wine region in Spain has accomplished more in the past three decades than the historic Ribera del Duero DO l ...

Russian River Valley AVA

Sonoma, North Coast

Located in Sonoma County, California, the Russian River Valley AVA gained formal recognition in 1983 and was later expanded in 2005. The area which covers over ...

San Benito AVA

San Benito Valley, Central Coast

The San Benito AVA is made up of a series of mountains and valleys located not far from the town of Gilroy, California is part of the larger Central Coast AV ...

San Luis Obispo County

Central Coast

A scenic and charming region spanning from oceanfront vineyards to rural backroads, San Luis Obispo (also known as SLO) seems to have it all. Dating back to th ...

Santa Barbara County region

Central Coast

Just 90 minutes from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara County is one of the most unique wine growing regions in California. The rare east-west orientation of the coas ...

Santa Clara Valley AVA

Santa Clara, Central Coast

The Santa Clara Valley AVA is a large area of more than 330,000 acres of which more than 1500 are planted in vine. It is home to more than 35 wineries and is c ...

Santa Cruz Mountains AVA

Santa Cruz, Central Coast

When California wines burst on to the international scene in the mid 1970s, it was the Ridge and David Bruce wineries from the Santa Cruz Mountain AVA that lea ...

Santa Lucia Highlands AVA

Monterey, Central Coast

Perched above the western side of the Salinas Valley in Monterey, California, just south of San Francisco, lies the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA. Long and narrow ...

Santa Maria Valley AVA

San Luis Obispo, Central Coast

Perhaps not as well known as the nearby Santa Ynez Valley and Paso Robles wine regions, the Santa Maria Valley AVA in California has been growing grapes as far ...

Santa Ynez Valley AVA

Santa Barbara, Central Coast

The Santa Ynez Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) located in Santa Barbara County, California covers over 76,000 acres and is part of the larger Central C ...

Sebastopol

California

Located just 15 west of Santa Rosa, the large town of Sebastopol, situated in Central Sonoma County is a must visit community filled with incredible wineries, ...

Sicily region

Italy

Italy’s southernmost wine region, and the largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily. Sicily has been a significant center of Mediterranean viniculture ...

Sierra Foothills AVA

Sierra Nevada Mountains

The Sierra Foothills AVA is a large sprawling region spanning over 2,600,000 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the northeast portion of ...

Sonoma Coast AVA

Sonoma, North Coast

Arguably one of the most picturesque wine regions in California, the Sonoma Coast AVA features 500,000 acres of rugged coastline and gently rolling dairy land. ...

Sonoma County region

North Coast

The Sonoma County wine region is a sprawling area that is home to almost 60,000 acres of vineyards, 500 wineries and 16 appellations. The region is bordered by ...

South Africa

While the world wine revolution has been well documented, perhaps the finest example of upscale wine ascendancy can be found in South Africa. Its roots trace ...

Spain

The foundation of viticulture in Spain can be traced back to the Tertiary period thanks to the findings of ancient grape seeds that are native to the Spanish ...

Spring Mountain District AVA

Napa Valley

Located at the low point in the Mayacamas Mountains on the western side of the Napa Valley in California is the Spring Mountain District AVA. The Spring Mounta ...

Sta. Rita Hills AVA

Santa Barbara County, Central Coast

The Sta. Rita Hills AVA encompasses an area with over 30,000 acres yet has less than 2,000 acres dedicated to vineyards. This AVA is located within the larger ...

Stags Leap District AVA

Napa Valley, North Coast

Located north of the town of Napa, the Stags Leap District runs in a narrow strip along the valley floor separated from the main Napa Valley by a fringe of sma ...

Temecula Valley

California

Grapes have been grown in the Temecula Valley wine region since 1966. Temecula Valley wine region’s first contemporary commercial vineyard was founded in 1968 ...

Trinity County

California

Located about 65 miles south of the California and Oregon border, Trinity County is one of California’s northern most AVAs, however, the entirety of Trinity Co ...

Tuscany region

Italy

The Tuscan wine culture is more than 3,000 years old, certainly the most storied and historically laden wine region on earth. Kings and emperors have sung the ...

Walla Walla Valley AVA

Washington

The south eastern region of the Sagebrush Desert is home to Washington state’s Walla Walla Valley AVA. The name “Walla Walla” is a Native American name meani ...

Willamette Valley AVA

Oregon

Cool and moist, the Willamette Valley wine region is Oregon’s largest AVA and contains most of Oregon’s wineries. This 100-mile long, 60-mile wide valley stret ...