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Wine regions of the United States

276 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 276 wine regions, from Napa Valley and Cole Ranch to Yucaipa Valley.

What they are known for

  • Napa Valley: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1981
  • Cole Ranch: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1983
  • Columbia Gorge: A AVA, protected since 2004
  • Dry Creek Valley: A AVA, inside Northern Sonoma, protected since 1983
  • Rutherford: A AVA, inside Napa Valley, protected since 1993
  • Sonoma Valley: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1982
  • Alexander Valley: A AVA, inside Northern Sonoma, protected since 1984
  • Central Coast: A AVA, protected since 1985

The wine regions

  1. 1Napa Valley
  2. 2Cole Ranch
  3. 3Columbia Gorge
  4. 4Dry Creek Valley
  5. 5Rutherford
  6. 6Sonoma Valley
  7. 7Alexander Valley
  8. 8Central Coast
  9. 9Columbia Valley
  10. 10Grand Valley
  11. 11North Coast
  12. 12Puget Sound
  13. 13Redwood Valley
  14. 14Russian River Valley
  15. 15Santa Cruz Mountains
  16. 16Sierra Foothills
  17. 17Stags Leap District
  18. 18Anderson Valley
  19. 19Atlas Peak
  20. 20Augusta
  21. 21Catoctin
  22. 22Central Delaware Valley
  23. 23Chalk Hill
  24. 24Chiles Valley
  25. 25Diamond Mountain District
  26. 26Edna Valley
  27. 27Eola-Amity Hills
  28. 28Green Valley of Russian River Valley
  29. 29Horse Heaven Hills
  30. 30Linganore
  31. 31Los Carneros
  32. 32Mendocino
  33. 33Mendocino Ridge
  34. 34Merritt Island
  35. 35Mt. Veeder
  36. 36North Fork of Long Island
  37. 37North Fork of Roanoke
  38. 38Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace
  39. 39Northern Sonoma
  40. 40Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley
  41. 41Oakville
  42. 42Ohio River Valley
  43. 43Paso Robles
  44. 44Ramona Valley
  45. 45Rattlesnake Hills
  46. 46Red Hills Lake County
  47. 47Red Mountain
  48. 48Santa Clara Valley
  49. 49Santa Ynez Valley
  50. 50Sonoma Coast
  51. 51Sonoma Mountain
  52. 52St. Helena
  53. 53Sta. Rita Hills
  54. 54Suisun Valley
  55. 55Temecula Valley
  56. 56Texas Hill Country
  57. 57Virginia’s Eastern Shore
  58. 58Walla Walla Valley
  59. 59Willamette Valley
  60. 60Yadkin Valley

and 216 more, all in the quiz.

On the map

Map of Wine regions of the United States, 276 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.