- Burgundy
- Loire Valley
- Alsace
- Bordeaux
- South West
- Rhône Valley
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- 8 other regions
- Region-wide appellation (outline)
Shaded: appellation boundaries, coloured by wine region (click to open; hover for the name). Dots: climate profiles. Country outlines: Natural Earth.
In France
16 wine regions and 10 appellations not inside one.
Wine regions
- Alsace · 53
- Beaujolais · 12
- Bordeaux · 39
- Burgundy · 87
- Champagne · 5
- Cognac and Charentes · 2
- Corsica · 5
- Jura · 7
- Languedoc-Roussillon · 44
- Loire Valley · 61
- Lorraine · 4
- Northern France · 1
- Provence · 17
- Rhône Valley · 36
- Savoie and Bugey · 8
- South West · 44
Across several wine regions
- Atlantique · Cognac and Charentes, Bordeaux, South West
- Cévennes · Rhône Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Collines Rhodaniennes · Rhône Valley, Savoie and Bugey, Loire Valley, Beaujolais
- Comtés Rhodaniens · Savoie and Bugey, Rhône Valley, Loire Valley, Beaujolais, Burgundy
- Île-de-France · Northern France, Champagne, Loire Valley
- Le Pays Cathare · Languedoc-Roussillon, South West
- Méditerranée · Provence, Rhône Valley, Corsica, Savoie and Bugey, Loire Valley, Beaujolais
- Pays d'Oc · Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhône Valley
- Terres du Midi · Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhône Valley
Not yet placed in a wine region
Climates here
1991–2020 averages: the 12 warmest and coolest of 362 climate profiles in France. Every appellation page has its own.
How the law ranks wine
Quality tiers in France
From the broadest category at the bottom to the strictest at the top. Each appellation page shows its tier.
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée / Protégée · 361 appellations on Vinous
Protected designation of origin with a cahier des charges fixing area, grapes, yields and methods. Within it, regional, sub-regional, communal and cru appellations nest inside each other.
Indication Géographique Protégée (formerly Vin de Pays) · 74 appellations on Vinous
Protected geographical indication: a region, département or named area, with lighter rules than AOC; at least 85% of the grapes from the named area (EU rule).
Vin de France · the whole country, no named area
Wine with no geographical indication; grape and vintage may be named.
Sources: Code rural et de la pêche maritime, Articles L641-5 to L641-11 (AOC, AOP, IGP); Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123.
Where the numbers come from
Still to do
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