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25 best known wine regions in France

25 wine regions, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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About this quiz

The quiz covers 25 wine regions, from Champagne and Bordeaux to Grignan-les-Adhémar.

What they are known for

  • Champagne: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Arbane, Chardonnay, Meunier, Petit Meslier
  • Bordeaux: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot
  • Beaujolais: A AOC, inside Crémant de Bourgogne, protected since 1973, grapes: Chardonnay, Gamay
  • Alsace: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Auxerrois, Chasselas, Chasselas Rose, Gewürztraminer
  • Sancerre: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Pinot Noir, Sauvignon
  • Côte de Beaune: A AOC, inside Bourgogne aligoté, protected since 1973, grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir
  • Côtes du Rhône: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache
  • Pineau des Charentes: A AOC, protected since 1973, grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colombard, Cot

The wine regions

  1. 1Champagne
  2. 2Bordeaux
  3. 3Beaujolais
  4. 4Alsace
  5. 5Sancerre
  6. 6Côte de Beaune
  7. 7Côtes du Rhône
  8. 8Pineau des Charentes
  9. 9Bellet
  10. 10Haut-Médoc
  11. 11Entre-deux-Mers
  12. 12Fitou
  13. 13Jurançon
  14. 14Margaux
  15. 15Pouilly-Fumé
  16. 16Banyuls
  17. 17Barsac
  18. 18Chablis
  19. 19Côtes du Roussillon
  20. 20Fronton
  21. 21Monbazillac
  22. 22Rivesaltes
  23. 23Saint-Joseph
  24. 24Saint-Julien
  25. 25Grignan-les-Adhémar

On the map

Map of 25 best known wine regions in France, 25 wine regions: each one marked on the globe

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How the figures are measured

How well known each wine region is: the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it (Wikidata sitelinks). Wine regions rank by fame because the area of many is not known; rank by area for the largest. A wine region is a legally defined appellation: the land within which a wine must be grown to carry the name. Every wine PDO registered in the European Union (DOCG and DOC in Italy, AOC in France, DO and DOCa in Spain, DOC in Portugal…), outlined from the municipalities each one’s specification lists, and the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of the United States. An appellation drawn on the very same land as another is one row under its best known name. The small appellations lie inside the large; a quiz can be of the ones inside one (“appellations of Bordeaux”). Countries are those the outline lies in.