List of wine-producing regions explained

Wines are produced in 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.

In 2021, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in order, Italy, France, Spain, the United States, and China.

Countries

Top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2021 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 27 million tonnes of wine with the top 15 producing countries accounting for over 90% of the total.[1]

Rank ! scope="col"
Country Production
(tonnes)
1 5,088,500
2 3,713,200
3 3,700,588
4 2,057,021
5 1,814,400
6 1,482,000
7 1,343,729
8 1,248,155
9 1,133,300
10 718,547
11 530,000
12 452,693
13 450,000
14 348,449
15 310,000
16 290,000
17 266,962
18 266,400
19 246,000
20 167,500
21 119,617
22 93,600
23 82,300
24 81,000
25 74,865
26 68,470
27 66,000
28 65,357
29 60,904
30 59,000
31 52,098
32 49,473
33 43,268
34 43,083
35 28,000
36 26,550
37 26,430
38 23,343
39 18,153
40 17,496
41 16,899
42 12,829
43 10,192
44 10,116
45 10,022
46 9,800
47 8,900
48 8,400
49 7,791
50 7,711
51 5,677
52 Egypt4,775
53 Saint Lucia4,449
54 Lithuania4,143
55 Mauritius3,166
56 Colombia2,606
57 2,587
58 2,569
59 2,316
60 2,088
61 2,020
62 1,981
63 932
64 557
65 461
66 371
67 354
68 182
69 108

Africa

Algeria

See also: Algerian wine.

Cape Verde

Morocco

South Africa

See also: South African wine.

Tunisia

Americas

Argentina

See also: Argentine wine.

Bolivia

See also: Bolivian wine.

Brazil

See also: Brazilian wine.

Canada

See also: Canadian wine, British Columbia wine and Ontario wine.

Colombia

Costa Rica

Chile

See also: Chilean wine.

Mexico

See also: Mexican wine.

Peru

See also: Peruvian wine.

United States

See main article: List of American Viticultural Areas.

See also: American Wine.

Uruguay

See also: Uruguayan wine.

Venezuela

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

Europe

Albania

See also: Albanian wine.

Austria

See also: Austrian wine.

Belgium

See also: Belgian wine.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

See also: Bulgarian wine.

Croatia

See also: Croatian wine.

Cyprus

See also: Cypriot wine.

Czech Republic

See also: Czech wine.

Denmark

See also: Danish wine.

France

See also: French wine.

Georgia

See also: Georgian wine, Abkhazian wine and List of Georgian wine appellations.

Germany

See also: German wine.

Greece

See also: Greek wine.

Hungary

See also: Hungarian wine.

Ireland

Italy

See also: Italian wine, List of Italian DOCG wines and List of Italian DOC wines.

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

See also: Luxembourg wine.

Moldova

See also: Moldovan wine.

Montenegro

Netherlands

See also: Dutch wine.

North Macedonia

See also: Macedonian wine.

Norway

Poland

See also: Polish wine.

Portugal

See also: Portuguese wine.

Romania

See also: Romanian wine.

Russia

See also: Russian wine.

San Marino

See also: Sammarinese wine.

Serbia

See also: Serbian wine.

Slovakia

See also: Slovak wine.

Slovenia

See also: Slovenian wine.

Spain

See also: Spanish wine.

Sweden

See also: Swedish wine.

Switzerland

See also: Swiss wine.

Turkey

See also: List of Turkish wine regions and Turkish wine.

Ukraine

See also: Ukrainian wine.

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

See main article: Wine from the United Kingdom. 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

See also: Wine in religious communities of the Middle East.

Armenia

See also: Armenian wine.

Azerbaijan

See also: Azerbaijani wine.

Burma

China

See main article: Wine in China. Regions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty,[12] 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

See also: Indian wine.

Indonesia

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

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

See also: Israeli wine. Also includes wine regions in Israeli-occupied territories.

Japan

See also: Japanese wine.

Kazakhstan

See also: Kazakh wine.

South Korea

See also: Korean wine.

Lebanon

See also: Lebanese wine.

Palestinian territories

Syria

Turkey

See also: List of Turkish wine regions and Turkish wine.

Vietnam

See also: Vietnamese wine.

Oceania

Australia

See also: Australian wine. 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.[17]

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

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

See also: South Australian wine. Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa wine zones.

Tasmania

Regions, no zones defined

Victoria

Western Australia

New Zealand

See also: New Zealand wine. GI stands for New Zealand Geographical Indication.

Notes and References

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  8. Web site: Schweiz – Kt. Schaffhausen und seine Weingebiete. www.ernestopauli.ch. 2015-07-30. 2015-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903052113/http://www.ernestopauli.ch/wein/schweiz/SchweizSchaffhausen.htm. dead.
  9. Web site: Thurgau – Der Ostschweizer Kanton und seine Weingebiete. www.ernestopauli.ch. 2015-07-30. 2015-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903052533/http://www.ernestopauli.ch/wein/schweiz/SchweizThurgau.htm. dead.
  10. Web site: Zürich und seine Weingebiete – Wine of Zurich. www.ernestopauli.ch. 2015-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112211914/http://www.ernestopauli.ch/wein/schweiz/SchweizZ%C3%BCrich.htm. 2016-11-12. dead.
  11. Web site: Grapes grown for wine production in Turkey . . 2007-06-06 . 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006083553/http://www.yazganwine.com/en/sarap.html . 2007-10-06 . dead .
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-11-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409163700/http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/inst/chinesisch/wineculture_abstract_chenxigang.pdf . 2008-04-09 .
  13. http://www.wines-info.com/html/192/6033.html Chinese Markets for Wines :wines-info
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