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Appellations of Côtes du Rhône

18 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 18 wine regions, from Saint-Joseph and Condrieu to Vacqueyras.

What they are known for

  • Saint-Joseph: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône, protected since 1973, grapes: Marsanne, Roussanne, Syrah
  • Condrieu: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône, protected since 1973, grapes: Viognier
  • Côtes du Rhône Villages: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône, protected since 2011, grapes: Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache
  • Vinsobres: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône Villages, protected since 2011, grapes: Grenache
  • Beaumes de Venise: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône Villages, protected since 2011, grapes: Grenache
  • Cairanne: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône Villages, protected since 2016, grapes: Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Roussanne
  • Château-Grillet: A AOC, inside Condrieu, protected since 1973, grapes: Viognier
  • Châteauneuf-du-Pape: A AOC, inside Côtes du Rhône, protected since 1973, grapes: Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté, Cinsaut, Clairette

The wine regions

  1. 1Saint-Joseph
  2. 2Condrieu
  3. 3Côtes du Rhône Villages
  4. 4Vinsobres
  5. 5Beaumes de Venise
  6. 6Cairanne
  7. 7Château-Grillet
  8. 8Châteauneuf-du-Pape
  9. 9Cornas
  10. 10Côte Rôtie
  11. 11Crozes-Hermitage
  12. 12Gigondas
  13. 13Hermitage
  14. 14Lirac
  15. 15Rasteau
  16. 16Saint-Péray
  17. 17Tavel
  18. 18Vacqueyras

On the map

Map of Appellations of Côtes du Rhône, 18 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.