Beaujolais
The home of Gamay: ten granite crus from the perfumed queen of Fleurie to the age-worthy king of Moulin-a-Vent, reinvented by a Gang of Four natural-wine movement that sparked a global revolution.
The old world wine regions we cover, and what defines each.
Bordeaux
The world's most storied fine-wine region, from Medoc first-growths to Pomerol micro-estates and Sauternes liquid gold.
Burgundy
France's grand-cru heartland, where single-vineyard climats of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay run from Chablis through the Cote d'Or to the Maconnais.
Champagne
France's sparkling-wine heartland, where Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grow on chalk from the Montagne de Reims and Cote des Blancs to the Cote des Bar.
Douro Valley
The world's oldest demarcated wine region, where schist terraces above the Douro river make both fortified Port and a new generation of structured DOC Douro reds.
Jerez & Sherry
Home of sherry, the fortified-wine category that spans biologically aged Fino and Manzanilla through oxidative Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado. From chalky albariza vineyards surrounding three historic towns, Palomino Fino grapes and the flor yeast film produce these styles under two protected designations: DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Mosel
Germany's most dramatic wine landscape, where Riesling clings to blue and red slate slopes up to 70 degrees steep above the looping Mosel, Saar and Ruwer rivers.
Piedmont
Nebbiolo country at the foot of the Alps, where Barolo and Barbaresco anchor Italy's deepest roster of DOCG appellations alongside Barbera, Moscato and Gavi.
Priorat
Spain's second DOQ wine region, producing cult-level old-vine reds from Garnacha and Cariñena on steep llicorella slate terraces across a handful of villages an hour and a half south of Barcelona.
Rhone Valley
France's great north-south wine corridor, stretching from the granite Syrah terraces of Cote-Rotie and the fragrant Viognier of Condrieu to the sun-scorched Grenache galets of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the rosé vineyards of Tavel.
Ribera del Duero
Spain's premier single-varietal red-wine appellation, where Tinto Fino drives Vega Sicilia Unico and Pingus to global acclaim across a windswept plateau straddling four provinces at 850-900 metres above sea level.
Rioja
Spain's most celebrated red-wine region and one of only two DOCa appellations in the country, where Tempranillo ages into Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva across three sub-zones along the Ebro.
Sicily
Italy's island wine frontier: ancient Zibibbo on Pantelleria, century-old Nerello on Etna's volcanic terraces, Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG from the sun-drenched south-east, and the legendary Marsala cellars of the west.
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Tuscany
Italy's most storied wine region, from Brunello and Chianti Classico DOCG to the Bolgheri Super Tuscans that broke the appellation rules.
Veneto
Italy's most prolific and diverse wine region, from Valpolicella's Amarone DOCG and Soave Classico to the UNESCO Prosecco Superiore hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene and Lake Garda's Lugana.
Wachau
A UNESCO World Heritage valley carved by the Danube between Melk and Krems, where gneiss and loess terraces produce dry Grüner Veltliner and Riesling under the Steinfeder-Federspiel-Smaragd tier system.