List of wine-producing regions

This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, typically in regions of Mediterranean climate. Grapes will sometimes grow beyond this range, thus minor amounts of wine are made in some rather unexpected places.

Wine production in 2014[1]

In 2014, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in order, Italy, Spain, France, the United States, and China.

Countries edit

The following is a list of the top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2014 in tonnes, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is an agency of the United Nations; this is the latest information available from the FAO.

Their data show a total worldwide production of 31 million tonnes of wine with the top 15 producing countries accounting for over 90% of the total.[2]

 
Map of global wine production in 2013
Wine production by country in 2014
Rank Country
(with link to wine article)
Production
(tonnes)
1   Italy 4,796,900
2   Spain 4,607,850
3   France 4,293,466
4   United States 3,300,000
5   China 1,700,000
6   Argentina 1,498,380
7   Chile 1,214,000
8   Australia 1,186,343
9   South Africa 1,146,006
10   Germany 920,200
11   Portugal 603,327
12   Romania 378,283
13   Greece 334,300
14   Russia 327,400
15   New Zealand 320,400
16   Brazil 273,100
17   Hungary 258,520
18   Austria 199,869
19   Serbia 198,183
20   Moldova 149,850
21   Bulgaria 130,500
22   Georgia 108,600
23   Switzerland 93,365
24   Ukraine 86,904
25   Japan 85,000
26   Peru 73,000
27   Uruguay 72,500
28   Canada 54,663
29   Algeria 52,000
30   Czech Republic 52,000
31   North Macedonia 51,013
32   Croatia 45,272
33   Turkey 44,707
34   Mexico 39,360
35   Turkmenistan 39,000
36   Morocco 37,000
37   Uzbekistan 36,000
38   Slovakia 32,527
39   Belarus 29,980
40   Albania 24,000
41   Kazakhstan 21,993
42   Tunisia 21,500
43   Montenegro 16,000
44   Lebanon 14,700
45   Slovenia 13,229
46   Colombia 13,000
47   Luxembourg 12,494
48   Cuba 12,080
49   Estonia 11,104
50   Cyprus 10,302
51   Azerbaijan 9,512
52   Bolivia 9,422
53   Madagascar 8,350
54   Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,524
55   Armenia 6,174
56   Lithuania 6,005
57   Egypt 5,000
58   Israel 5,000
59   Belgium 2,900
60   Latvia 2,450
61   Malta 2,426
62   Zimbabwe 1,750
63   Kyrgyzstan 1,700
64   Paraguay 1,500
65   Ethiopia 1,297
66   Jordan 550
67   United Kingdom 425
68   Costa Rica 175
69   Panama 159
70   Tajikistan 150
71   Liechtenstein 79
72   Syria 70
73   Poland 49
74   Réunion 30

Africa edit

Algeria edit

Cape Verde edit

Morocco edit

South Africa edit

 
A vineyard in the Stellenbosch region, South Africa

Tunisia edit

Americas edit

Argentina edit

 
Argentine wine regions

Bolivia edit

Brazil edit

Canada edit

Colombia edit

Costa Rica edit

Chile edit

 
Chile's topography with the location of most of Chile's wine regions highlighted

Mexico edit

Peru edit

United States edit

Uruguay edit

Venezuela edit

The wine-producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found here.

Europe edit

Albania edit

Austria edit

Belgium edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Bulgaria edit

Croatia edit

Cyprus edit

Czech Republic edit

Denmark edit

France edit

 
Map of wine regions in France
 
Corsica's wine regions: (1) Cap Corse, (2) Patrimonio, (3) Calvi, (4) Ajaccio, (5) Sartène , (6) Figari, (7) Porto-Vecchio, (8) Greater Vin de Corse region. The Muscat du Cap Corse region overlaps with part of the Cap Corse and Patrimonio regions.

Georgia edit

Germany edit

Greece edit

 
Greek wine regions

Hungary edit

 
Wine regions in Hungary

Ireland edit

Italy edit

 
"Chianti" areas in Tuscany

Latvia edit

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

Moldova edit

Montenegro edit

Netherlands edit

North Macedonia edit

Norway edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

 
Portuguese wine regions

Romania edit

Russia edit

San Marino edit

Serbia edit

 
Wine regions of Serbia

Slovakia edit

 
Wine-producing regions in Slovakia

Slovenia edit

 
The three wine regions in Slovenia

Spain edit

 
Spanish wine-producing regions

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Turkey edit

 
Wine-producing regions in Turkey

Ukraine edit

In Ukraine, at the present time there are seven administrative regions (provinces) in which the wine industry has developed. Given the favorable climatic location, the law of Ukraine allocated 15 winegrowing areas (macrozones), which are the basis for growing certain varieties of grapes, and 58 natural wine regions (microzones). These are located mainly in the following areas.

United Kingdom edit

In the UK, the area under vines is small, and whilst viticulture is not a major part of the rural economy, significant planting of new vines has occurred in the early 21st century. The greatest concentration of vineyards is found in the south east of England, in the counties of Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.

Asia edit

Armenia edit

Azerbaijan edit

Burma edit

China edit

Regions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty,[13] with wines being brought to China from Persia. Some of the more famous wine-producing regions are:

With the import of Western wine-making technologies, especially French technology, production of wines similar to modern French wine has begun in many parts of China with the direction of experienced French wine-makers; China is now the sixth largest producer of wine in the world. The following regions produce significant quality of wine:

India edit

Indonesia edit

Indonesia has been producing wine for over 18 years, with North Bali's vineyards producing three main grape varieties: the Belgia, the Alphonse Lavallee and the Probolinggo Biru. The main producer, Hatten Wines, has revolutionized the world of winemaking, with eight wines produced from these three varieties.

Iran edit

Prior to the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran was a producer of wine. While production has stopped, the vineyards continue to exist and their product has been diverted to non-alcoholic purposes.

Israel edit

Also includes wine regions in Israeli-occupied territories.

Japan edit

Kazakhstan edit

South Korea edit

Lebanon edit

Palestinian territories edit

Syria edit

Turkey edit

 
Wine-producing regions in Turkey

Vietnam edit

Oceania edit

Australia edit

 
Australian geographic indications by state

Geographic indications for Australian wine are governed by law. The geographic indication must indicate where the grapes are grown, irrespective of where the wine itself is made. A geographic indication may be "Australia", "South Eastern Australia", a state name, zone, region or subregion if defined.[18]

The zones, regions and subregions in each state are listed below:

Australian Capital Territory edit

New South Wales edit

Queensland edit

South Australia edit

Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa wine zones.

Tasmania edit

Regions, no zones defined
  • Coal River
  • Derwent Valley
  • East Coast
  • North West
  • Pipers River
  • Southern
  • Tamar Valley

Victoria edit

Western Australia edit

New Zealand edit

 
Wine region map of New Zealand

GI stands for New Zealand Geographical Indication.

Notes edit

References edit

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