France Wine Map

Major French Wine Growing Regions

Grands Crus Classes de Graves Wine Tour and Montesquieu's Chateau - $131.35 Explore the France wine map and spend a leisurely day exploring the splendid terroir of Pessac-Leognan, birthplace of the Bordeaux vineyards. You'll sample the prestigious wines of the Graves region and tour the chateau of the famous philosopher and winegrower Baron Charles de Montesquieu.

Bordeaux Wine and Culinary Tour - $132.76 Food and wine are a huge part of life in France and the area of Bordeaux is no exception. In fact, wine tasting in Bordeaux, one of the premier wine regions on the France wine map, is a truly wonderful experience and one of the most memorable of your time in this "wine tasting" hub.

Private Provence Tour: Avignon Wine Tour - $53.67 Discover one of the largest wine regions one the France wine map with this private wine tour. Villeneuve, city of cardinals in the 14th century, will impress you by its medieval monuments: the Chartreuse, the Collegiate Church, the Tower Philippe le Bel, the Abbey and Fort Saint Andre.

Full-Day Small-Group Medoc Wine Tour from Bordeaux - $134.18 Join this small-group wine tour from Bordeaux to the Medoc for a full day of scenic drives and wine tasting. The Medoc produces some of the most renowned red wines in the Bordeaux wine region and offers some of the best wine-tasting opportunities in the whole of France. You will visit famous classified growth vineyards and castles, where you can taste wines from the Medoc and other French regions. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 8 people, ensuring personalized attention from your knowledgeable guide.

Throughout the atlas of French wine you will see many regions that produce wine in quantities up to sixty million hectoliters annually. This translates to about eight billion bottles. Behind Spain, France has the second largest area of vineyards in the whole world.

It is the largest wine producer in the world, losing this title only one time in 2008 to Italy. The unique French combination of natural factors associated with each vineyard on the map is called the ‘terroir’ concept.

The French wine guide will include factors such as terrain, a hill’s slope, altitude, underlying rocks and soil. This also includes the microclimate including variations in temperature, humidity, wind and rain as well as the orientation of the vineyard to the sun.

No two French vineyards have the exact same terroir even if they are located in the same locale. This is the basis of the AOC system which is the Appellation d’origine controlee, which has since become a worldwide standard.

Many grape varieties come from France including the Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Beaujolais, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. The full size map of wine producing areas in France is under regulation by the acronym INAO which stands for Institut National des Appelations d’Origine.

Every French appellation is defined by INAO in terms to the specific region’s own wine characteristics. If wine does not meet the strict criteria of INAO, it is demoted to a lower appellation or even into Vin de Table or Vin de Pays.

The French wine regions included in the maps are South West France, Savoy, Côtes du Rhône, Provence, Loire Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, Jura, Corsica, Champagne, Bourgogne, Burgundy, Bordeaux and Alsace. Traditionally, France was always its own wine’s largest consumer.

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