France 10 regions

Vineyards descending through the foothills toward the medieval village of Riquewihr in AlsaceAlsaceRiesling, Gewurztraminer and 51 Grands Crus on the Vosges flankMorgon Cote du Py vineyard slopes in Beaujolais with village in the distanceBeaujolaisTen granite crus, one grape, a natural-wine revolutionBordeaux vineyard landscape with a church in the backgroundBordeauxLeft Bank gravels, Right Bank clay, one top-tier appellationCote de Nuits vineyard slopes in Burgundy under morning lightBurgundyOne thousand climats of Pinot Noir and ChardonnayThe Verzenay windmill above Grand Cru vineyards on the Montagne de Reims in ChampagneChampagneThe chalk cellars and Grand Cru villages of the world's benchmark sparkling wineTerraced vineyards below the limestone cliff of Chateau-Chalon in the JuraJuraVin jaune under a yeast veil, on 80 km of Jurassic marlAerial view of the Haut-Languedoc vineyards and garrigue landscape around Olargues in the Faugeres and Saint-Chinian foothillsLanguedocCarignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Picpoul and Mauzac across the garrigue from Narbonne to the CevennesPatchwork of hillside Sauvignon Blanc vineyards above the village of Verdigny in the Sancerre wine region of the Loire ValleyLoire ValleySauvignon, Chenin, Cabernet Franc and Melon across one thousand kilometres of riverProvence countryside near Suzette with wildflowers, vines and a hilltop farmhouse below the Dentelles de Montmirail under late spring lightProvenceMourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, Rolle and Tibouren across the Mediterranean garrigue from the Rhone delta to the Italian borderChateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards with galets roulees stones and old Grenache vines under a Provencal skyRhone ValleySyrah, Viognier and Grenache across two hundred kilometres of the Rhone

Italy 10 regions

Vineyard rows on the hills at Casacanditella in the Chieti province of AbruzzoAbruzzoMontepulciano, Cerasuolo and the hills below the Gran SassoVineyards along the South Tyrolean Wine Road looking from Kaltern toward Lake Kaltern in Alto AdigeAlto AdigeAlpine whites, native reds, bilingual cellars between the Dolomites and the AdigeFranciacorta vineyard with Chardonnay grapes ripening on the moraine hills of Brescia, LombardyFranciacortaTraditional-method sparkling DOCG from 1995, born in 1961 at Berlucchi, anchored at ErbuscoAutumn vineyards in the Collio Goriziano near Oslavia, Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia GiuliaItaly's white-wine north-east plus the birthplace of modern orange wine at OslaviaLanghe vineyards rolling above the rooftops of Barolo village in PiedmontPiedmontNebbiolo kings, Barbera workhorses, fog over the Langhe hillsVolcanic landscape on Mount Etna, Sicily, with terraced vineyards on black basalt slopesSicilyVolcano, sea wind, and native varieties that change with every contradaTuscan vineyard landscape at sunset in the Chianti regionTuscanySangiovese hills, Super Tuscan coasts, one indelible terroirSagrantino vineyards on the hills around Montefalco, UmbriaUmbriaSagrantino's hill towns, Orvieto's tufa cellars, one landlocked green heartValpolicella wine country, terraced vineyards stepping down a marogna stone wall hillsideValpolicellaCorvina, drying lofts and the making of AmaroneProsecco vineyards on the steep hills of Valdobbiadene, VenetoVenetoAmarone hills, Prosecco ridges, the full arc of Italian wine

Spain 7 regions

Bierzo wine country, Mencía vineyards on the slopes above the Bierzo basin in LeónBierzoOld-vine Mencía, slate slopes, village winesPalomino Fino vineyards on bright white albariza chalk soil in Jerez de la Frontera, AndalusiaJerez & SherryTwo DOs, three towns, one chalky terroir, flor yeastAerial view of Penedes vineyard rows at Vilafranca del Penedes, the Cava heartland of CataloniaPenedesCava's home, Xarel-lo's homeland, and the splinter that became CorpinnatPriorat wine country landscape, terraced vineyards on llicorella slate slopes in Tarragona, CataloniaPrioratGarnacha, slate and the five pioneers who changed Spanish wineRibera del Duero wine country, rolling vineyard plateau under a clear skyRibera del DueroTinto Fino on the Castilian plateau, from cooperative roots to cult-wine gravityRioja wine country vineyards seen from Briones with the Sierra de Cantabria beyondRiojaTempranillo, oak and the Ebro across three sub-zonesGalician emparrados: Albariño vines trained on granite-post pergolas in Rías BaixasRías BaixasAtlantic Albariño, granite pergolas, five rías

Germany 6 regions

Baden wine country, a vine-covered Kaiserstuhl hillside with a house at the crestBadenSpaetburgunder heartland on volcanic soil, Gutedel in the Markgraeflerland, Riesling on the Ortenau's graniteFranconian vineyard rows on rolling hills in Bavaria, GermanyFrankenBone-dry Silvaner in the Bocksbeutel, from Wuerzburg's Stein to the Steigerwald's gypsum keuperMosel wine country, steep slate Riesling slopes above the river loop at BremmMoselRiesling on slate, from feather-light Kabinett to noble TrockenbeerenauslesePfalz wine country, aerial view of rolling vineyards along the Deutsche Weinstrasse in Rheinland-Pfalz, GermanyPfalzRiesling on basalt and limestone in the Mittelhaardt, Pinot Noir and Weissburgunder on the Sudliche WeinstrasseRheingau wine country, aerial view of the Rhine bend with Riesling slopes and a half-timbered river townRheingauRiesling on quartzite and loess from Hochheim to Lorch, Spätburgunder on red slate at AssmannshausenRheinhessen wine country, rolling vineyard hills between Mainz, Worms and Bingen in the German Rhine bendRheinhessenRiesling on Wonnegau limestone, Silvaner on rolling hills and Roter Hang red slate above the Rhine

Portugal 4 regions

Aerial view of vineyard rows across the Alentejo plains, PortugalAlentejoRolling wheat plains, Roman talha wine and Alicante Bouschet's adopted homeTerraced vineyards descending to the Douro river in northern PortugalDouro ValleySchist terraces, fortified Port and a still-wine renaissanceGranite outcrops and pine woods above the Mondego valley near Mangualde, Dão wine country, PortugalDãoGranite, pine and altitude: Touriga Nacional's likely homeVinho Verde vineyards above a granite-walled valley in the Minho region of northern PortugalVinho VerdeAtlantic Alvarinho on Portugal's green granite coast

Greece 3 regions

Xinomavro vineyard rows below the snow-capped ridge of Mount Vermio at Kir-Yianni, NaoussaNaoussaXinomavro by law, a single grape and a hillside of named sitesVines and olive groves on the karst hills of the Nemea wine zone, CorinthiaNemeaGreece's Agiorgitiko heartland, seventeen villages in the PeloponneseOld basket-trained vines at Domaine Sigalas on SantoriniSantoriniUngrafted Assyrtiko, kouloura baskets, volcanic salinity

Austria 2 regions

Lighthouse and wooden dock on the shore of Lake Neusiedl near Podersdorf, BurgenlandBurgenlandBlaufränkisch reds, lake-driven botrytis, six DACs in one provinceWachau valley terraced vineyards with historic village set among the hillsWachauDanube terraces, gneiss soils, the Smaragd standard

Hungary 2 regions

Historic wine cellar door in Szepasszony-volgy (Valley of the Beautiful Women), Eger's cellar rowEgerBull's Blood country: Kekfrankos-led Bikaver and rhyolite-tuff cellars in the Bukk foothillsTokaj vineyard landscape on volcanic hillsides in northeast HungaryTokajAszú gold from volcanic hillsides, 1737 royal decree, 2002 UNESCO inscription

Croatia 1 region

The hilltop town of Motovun rising above vineyards in central IstriaIstriaMalvazija Istarska, Teran and truffle-forest hill towns on the Adriatic

England 1 region

Rows of vines on chalk downland at Rathfinny, above the Cuckmere valley in East SussexSussexEnglish sparkling wine on the South Downs chalk

Georgia 1 region

Rainbow over vineyards in the Alazani Valley near Sighnaghi, KakhetiKakhetiQvevri marani, Saperavi reds and the Alazani Valley

Slovenia 1 region

Terraced vineyards on the hills of Goriska Brda in western SloveniaBrdaRebula, opoka marl terraces and the Slovenian half of Collio

Switzerland 1 region

Valais wine country, autumn vineyard terraces on a steep slope above the Rhone valleyValaisTerraced Rhone valley vines and grapes grown nowhere else
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  • Alsace: Photo by Adam Baker on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • Beaujolais: Photo by Jameson Fink on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • Bordeaux: Photo by Angell Guillén on Unsplash
  • Burgundy: Photo by Ile-de-re on Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  • Champagne: Photo by Pline on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Jura: Photo by Mpmpmp on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Languedoc: Photo by Hakon Grimstad on Unsplash
  • Loire Valley: Photo by Sue Winston on Unsplash
  • Provence: Photo by le Sixieme Reve on Unsplash
  • Rhone Valley: Photo by Everett Harper on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Abruzzo: Photo by maury3001, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
  • Alto Adige: Photo by Hubert Berberich on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Franciacorta: Photo by paola capelletto on Unsplash
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  • Piedmont: Photo by David Salamanca on Unsplash
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  • Umbria: Photo by Umbria Lovers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Veneto: Photo by Patafisik on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Penedes: Photo by Aleix Ventayol on Unsplash
  • Priorat: Photo by Juan Emilio Prades Bel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Ribera del Duero: Photo by Matthieu Joannon on Unsplash
  • Rioja: Photo by Emilio Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Rías Baixas: Photo by José Luis Filpo Cabana on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
  • Baden: Photo by Hanna Schwichtenberg on Unsplash
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  • Mosel: Photo by Matthew on Unsplash
  • Pfalz: Photo by Bernd Dittrich on Unsplash
  • Rheingau: Photo by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash
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  • Douro Valley: Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash
  • Dão: Photo by Vitor Oliveira on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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  • Sussex: Photo by Ian Hawfinch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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