Discover the wine regions of France

Many visitors to France like to see a vineyard or visit the occasional wine chateaux for a little sampling of the local produce, while many wine enthusiasts make an entire visit planned around visiting the vineyards of their selected region.

The map above shows the main wine-producing regions of France:

 

Visiting the French wine regions

To explore these areas further see the regional guides for the relevant region - the list below shows the 'official' regions and departments that contain that particular French wine region:

French wine region	Tourist region
Alsace	Alsace
Armagnac	Gascony
Beaujolais	Auvergne and Rhone-Alps
Bergerac	Dordogne
Bordeaux	Gironde
Burgundy	Burgundy
Champagne	Champagne-Ardennes
Corsica	Corsica
Languedoc and Roussillon	Languedoc-Roussillon
Loire	Centre (Loire Valley)
Provence	Provence
Rhone	Rhone-Alps
Savoy	Franche-Comte and Rhone-Alps