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 below shows the main wine-producing regions of France (and below that is a photo gallery of pictures taken in each of the principal wine regions):
Map of the principal wine areas of France
Photos of vineyards in the main wine regions of France
Click a photo to start the gallery and learn more about the wine area shown
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 |