France

Bordeaux

Red Cabernet Savignon Merlot Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot Malbec

White Semillion Savignon Blanc

57 Appelations

First Growths

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild

Margaux

Latour

Haut-Brion

Mouton

Bordeaux Classifications

Medoc Margaux Saint Estephe

Haut Medoc Moulis St Emilion

Listrac Paulliac

Burgundy

Chablis Chardonnay

Cote de Nuit (Cote d'Or) Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Marsannay Fixin Gevery-Chambertin Morey-St.-Denis

Chambolle-Musigny Vougeot Flagey-Echezeaux Vosne-Romanee

Nuit St.-Georges Premeaux-Prissey Comblanchien Corgoloin

Cote de Beaune (Cote d'Or) Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Ladoix-Serrigny Aloxe-Corton Perand-Vergelesses

 Chorey-Les-Beaune Savigny-Les-Beaune Beaune Pommard Volnay

Monthelie Auxey-Duresses St. Romain Mersault

Puligny-Monrachet Chassagne-Montrachet

St Aubin Santenay Maranges

Cote Chalonnaise

Bouzeron Rully Mercurey Givry Montagny

Maconnais Pouilly-Fuisse/Chardonnay

Macon

Beaujolais Gamay

St-Amour Julienas Chenas Moulin-a-Vent Fleurie

Chiroubles MorgonRegnie Cote de Brouilly Brouilly

Loire Valley

Sancerre Pouilly Fume- Savignon Blanc

Pay Nantais Grapes Melon de Bourgogne/Muscadet

Anjou-Saumur Grapes Cabernet Franc/Sauvignon Malbec(Cot) White Chenin Blanc

Bonnezeaux Quart-de-Chaume Savennieres Coteaux de Layon Saumur

Saumur-Champigny Coteaux de Saumur

Sweet Wines- Coteaux du Layon, Bonzeaux, and Quarts-de-Chaume

Touraine

Bourgueil St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Chinon Vouvray

Montlouis Reuilly Quincy Sancerre Pouilly-sur-Loire

Menetou-Salon

Champagne

Vallee de la Marne Montagne de Reims Cote de Blancs Cote de Sezanne Aube

Alsace

Grapes- Auxerrois Chasselas Gewurztraminer Muscat

 Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Riesling Sylvaner

Only area allowed to designate wine by varietal

Sweet Wines- Selection de Grains Nobles/ Noble rot Vendange Tardive/late harvest grapes

Rhone

North Rhone

Red- Syrah White- Viognier Marsanne Roussanne

Cote Rotie Condrieu Chateau Grillet St Joseph Croze

Hermitage Hermitage Cornas St Peray

Southern Rhone

Cote du Rhone Cote du Rhone Villages Gigondas Vaqueyras

Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise Rasteau Listrac Tavel

Cote du Ventoux Luberon Tricastin Costieres de Nimes Vivarais

Languedoc-Roussillon

Red-Carignan Grenache Noir Cinsault Mouvedre Syrah

White-Chardonnay Grenache Blanc Rolle Clairette Maccabeo

Muscat Mauzac Terret Blanc

Coteaux du Languedoc Fitou Minervois St. Chinian

Cotes du Roussillon Cotes du Roussillon Villages Banyuls Maury

Limoux

Italy

Vin Santo Maderized dessert wine from the Tuscany region. Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes that have
been dried before making the wine.

In northern italy Nebbiolo is known as Spanna

Classifications-DOCG, DOC,IGT,Vinoditavola

Alps Mountains

North east
Trentino-Alto Adige The northernmost of Italy’s wine producing regions. Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay,
Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc
Veneto Soave and Valpolicella (Corvina veronese, Rondinella, Lolinara)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia The wine region in the northeastern corner of Italy. Merlot and Pinot Grigio

North west

Liguria

Piedmont / Piemonte northwestern corner up against the Alps. Barolo(100 percent Nebbiolo), and
Barberesco (100 Percent Nebbiolo), Moscato d’Asti, Asti Spumante, Gavi (Cortese grape)

Lombardy A principal wine producing region of Northern Italy Pinot Nero

Franciacorta/Sparkling

Central

Emilia-RomagnaThe Italian region north of Tuscany. Lambrusco, a light, sometimes sparkling wine.

Tuscany Sangiovese grape Chianti wines, and Brunello di Montepulciano. Sangiovese (or
Brunello clones) is the important red wine grape of the region. Malvasia is the important white
for quality, and Trebbiano for quantity.

Colli Aretini Colli Fiorentini Colli Senesi Colli Pisanae Montalbano Rufina

Umbria white wine Orvieto(Trebiano and Malvasia grape).

Latium Trebbiano grape. EST! EST! EST!

Marche Verdicchio Motepulciano

Southern

Campania A wine region in southern Italy

Apuglia A southeastern bulk wines

Basilicata A wine region in Southern Italy.

Calabria Boot's toe

Islands

Sardinia coarse reds, or almost “sherry-like” whites.

Sicily Marsala The oxidized white wine

Germany

Most grapes planted by acreage in Germany are Riesling

Red Spatburgunder (pinot Noir) White Riesling

German Sparkling = Sekt

Anbaugebiete, Bereiche, Grosslage, Einzellage

Regions-Ahr Bagen Franken Hessische-bergstrasse Mittelrhein Mosel- Saar-

Ruwer Nahe Rheingau Rheinhessen Pfalz Saal-Unstrut Sachsen Wuttemberg
Erzeugerabfullung = grosslagen on the label

Gutsabfullung = einzellagen on the label

Oeschsle = Grape must name in germany (not brix)

Tafelwein, Landwein, QbA,QmP(can not be chapitalized)

Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese,Beerenauslese, Eiswein, Torckenbeerenauslese

edelfaule (noble rot)

Austria

Most planted grape Gruner Veltliner

Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)

Feinburgunder , Morillom(Chardonnay)

Europes only steppe lake Lake Neusied

Ausbruch a botrytized wine made in Rust

Kabinett is not QmP in Austria

Allows chapitalization except for Kabinetts and Pradikatswein( no sussreserve can be added either)

Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Ausbruch, Trockenbeerenauslese

Wachau has its own wine classification system (Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd)

Argentina

Regions- Mendoza San Juan La Rioja Salta Jujuy Catamarca Rio

Negro Neuquen

Wines mostly grown in northwest along the Andes Mountains

Pedro Gimenez most widely planted white grape

Most noteable Grapes Torrontes and Malbec

Zonda Fierce hot dry wind

Parral Vine system management

Chile

Andes Mountains to the east, desert to the north, Pacific Ocean to the west, and frozen ice expanse to
the south

Prepyloxerra grape cuttings

Sauvignon Vert, Carmenere, Cabernet Sauvignon

Rule of 75 percent: Varietal,Estate Bottling, Vintage, Place of origin

Regions- Coquimbo Aconcagua Valley Central Valley Southern Region

Limari Aconcagua Casablanca Maipo Cachagua Colchagua Curico Maule

Itata Bio Bio

South Africa

Benguela Current- cold current that goes up teh west coast

Chenin Blanc Steen

Pinotage (Pinot Noir and Cinsault)

Regions- Stellenbosch Swartland Paarl Tulbagh Worchester Robertson Klein

Karoo Walker Bay

75 percent for vintage 85 percent to be exported to europe

Chapitalization is forbidden

New Zealand

Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Savignon, Merlot

North- Northland Auckland/Waiheke Island Waikatao/Bay of Plenty

Gisborne Hawkes Bay Martinborough

South- Marlborough Nelson Caterbury Otago(world's most southern region)

Portugual

North- Vinho Verde Oporto Douro Terras Durienses Tras-os-Montes

Central- Bairrada Dao Estremadura Bucelas Colares Carcavelos Ribatejo

South- Setubal Terras do Sado Alentejo Algarve

Australia

Uses the GI system

Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay

Regions

New South Wales: Big Rivers Central Ranges Hunter Valley Nothern Rivers

Northern Slopes South Coast Southern New South Wales

Western Plains

Queensland: Granite Belt South Burnett

South Australia: Barrossa Far North Fleurieu Limestone Coast

Lower Murrary Mount Lofty Ranges The Peninsulas

Victoria: Central Victoria North East Victoria Northwest Victoria Port Phillip
Western Victoria

Western Australia: Central Western Australia Eastern Plains

Inland and North Western Australia Greater Perth

Peel South West Australia Western Australia South East Costal

Yarra Valley Rutherglen Adelaide McLaren Vale Barossa Valley

Eden Valley Clare Valley Coonawarra Riverland

United States

Prohibition 1920-1933

Sake and vermouth are recognized as Generic wines

Varietal 75 percent (Oregon 90 percent)

95 Percent specific vineyard

85 percent from AVA

California AVAs

Washington AVAs Columbia ValleyYakima Valley Red Mountain

 Walla Walla Puget Sound

Grapes Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay

Oregon AVAs Applegate Valley Colombia GorgeColumbia Valley

Rogue Valley Umpqua Valley Walla Walla Willamette Valley

Grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris