France

While even the most elementary wine drinker will recognize the likes of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne through their historic winemaking traditions, wines are commercially produced in every region of France except those along the north coast. Nonetheless, France produces over 3,000 different wines across two million hectares of vineyards – although, the country comes third behind leaders Spain and, more surprisingly, China in terms of the amount of land given to wine production.

Generally speaking, the French wine region's map can be divided into northern vineyards that are reputed for white wines, and southern vineyards (with the exception of the Jura and Savoie) that are more renowned for their reds. The main wine areas of the French wine region map are Bordeaux, Burgundy, Languedoc, Champagne, the Loire Valley, Alsace, Rhône, Provence and Corsica.