French Wine Regions

The fairy tale wine region of Alsace is one of France's best kept secrets with its romantic villages, boutique wine estates and cozy inns.

Beaujolais is a French wine region known in previous times as a source of light summer wines but also far more serious fine wine producers.

The wines of Bordeaux are mythical for wine lovers and collectors around the world with wines like Yquem, Petrus, Mouton Rothschild and Château Margaux.

• Graves Wine Region

  Bordeaux's oldest vineyards are to be found in Graves, a great swathe of land that includes vines planted in the southern outskirts of the city of Bordeaux.

• Margaux Wine Region

  The very mention of this venerable region conjures up some of the most powerful imagery in Bordeaux – of stately chateaux, captivating perfume and long-lived wines of incomparable finesse.

• Pauillac Wine Region

  If we had to single-out one Bordeaux region to head the list, there would be no argument. World-renowned and adored by every wine lover on the planet, Pauillac needs little introduction.

• Pomerol Wine Region

  Pomerol is something of an anomaly in the Bordeaux hierarchy of venerable wine regions.

• Saint Emilion Wine Region

  The ancient and beautiful region of St-Emilion has beguiled the palates of wine lovers for centuries.

• Saint Estephe Wine Region

  St-Estephe is perhaps the most misunderstood of the Medoc's great wine appellations. For a start, there are only five classified growths, and none of them are a First Growth.

• Saint Julien Wine Region

  No other region in Bordeaux has so high a proportion of classed-growths as St-Julien.

• Sauternes Wine Region

  South of the city of Bordeaux, lies a region unlike any other in the world. Here, under the right conditions and in the best years, celebrated chateaux produce the world's longest-lived sweet wines.

Burgundy is considered by many wine lovers to be the king of all wine regions in the world. Famed both for its white and red wine.

The region of Champagne is a unique wine producing area & of course the birthplace of bubbly; the wine villages of Reims & Epernay are home to mythical wine

Languedoc is a vast and beautiful French wine region noted for its historic Cathar castles and hamlets, New World style wines and romantic wine hotels.

The Loire Valley is one of the most diverse wine regions in the world, home to extravagant Châteaux and quaint family run wine estates.

Provence is one of the most beautiful wine regions in the world and foodies who love luxury are gastronomically spoiled for choice here.

• Cassis Wine Region

  Cassis produces flavors that are remarkable – a signature herby scent of lavender, merged with the most intriguing tropical fruit, notes of garrigue, sunflowers, and honeysuckle

• Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Wine Region

  The landscape of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence is as enchanting and beguiling as the town itself – Aix-en-Provence is always on every visitor’s to-do list.

• Coteaux Varois Wine Region

  Coteaux Varois wine region was introduced in 1993, as a high-tier complement to the Cotes de Provence designation created in 1977

• Côtes de Provence Wine Region

  Cotes de Provence is the largest wine producing appellation in the Provence wine region, with over 20,000 hectares under vine.

The Rhône Valley in Southern France is a vast and fascinating wine region divided between northern and southern wine appellations.

• Condrieu Wine Region

  Condrieu is a French sub wine region located in the northern Rhône, near Vienne. Condrieu is known for its very distinctive white wines.

• Côte Rôtie Wine Region

  Côte-Rôtie is a sub wine region in France's northern Rhône wine region, situated south of Vienne in the communes of Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône, Ampuis, and Tupin-et-Semons.

• Crozes-Hermitage Wine Region

  The Crozes-Hermitage appellation is the largest in the northern Rhone wine region, known for its syrah-based red wines.

• Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Region

  Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a French sub wine region in the southern Rhone Valley known for its audacious Grenache-based reds.

• Gigondas Wine Region

  Gigondas is a sub wine region in Southern Rhône, producing rich Grenache-based blends wines. The vineyards set in the foothill of the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains have deep roots.

• Beaumes-de-Venise Wine Region

  Beaumes de Venise is a Southern Rhone Valley wine sub region known for its sweet, fortified Muscat based wines