Wine regions
Every wine guide in regions — 22 in all. Read the overviews for free; the deeper material comes with a subscription.
Alsace
A study guide to Alsace — the four noble grapes, the label system from Edelzwicker to Grand Cru, Vendanges Tardives and SGN, and Crémant, behind the Vosges rain shadow.
Read guide →Beaujolais
A study guide to Beaujolais — Gamay, the ten crus, carbonic maceration, and how Nouveau, Villages, and cru wines differ in the glass.
Read guide →Bierzo
A study guide to Bierzo — a mountain-ringed basin in north-west Spain, its slate slopes and old-vine Mencía, Godello whites, and its transitional Atlantic-meets-Castilian climate.
Read guide →Bordeaux
A study guide to Bordeaux — Left Bank vs Right Bank, the key grapes, the 1855 classification, and how it all shows up in WSET exams.
Read guide →Burgundy
A study guide to Burgundy — the four-tier appellation ladder, the Côte d'Or villages, Chablis, and the climat idea, with maps of the key vineyards.
Read guide →California
A study guide to California — Napa and Sonoma, the fog that decides everything, the Central Valley workhorse, the transverse valleys of the Central Coast, and the natural-wine new wave.
Read guide →Champagne
A study guide to Champagne — the traditional method step by step, the history behind the bubbles, and how to taste it against Prosecco and Cava.
Read guide →Etna
A study guide to Etna — Nerello Mascalese on the slopes of a live volcano, the contrade, high-altitude black-soil viticulture, and where Nero d'Avola fits in Sicily's bigger picture.
Read guide →Friuli-Venezia Giulia
A study guide to Friuli-Venezia Giulia — Italy's benchmark white-wine region, where cool Alpine air meets the warm Adriatic across the Collio, Colli Orientali and Grave.
Read guide →Loire Valley
A study guide to the Loire — one river, three climates, four vineyard clusters, from Muscadet's sea-salt whites through Chenin and Cabernet Franc country to Sancerre.
Read guide →Mosel
A study guide to the Mosel — slate slopes, the river that makes ripening possible at 50°N, the Middle Mosel villages, and the world's lightest great white wines.
Read guide →Northern Rhône
A study guide to the Northern Rhône — Syrah on granite, Viognier in Condrieu, and the six AOCs from Côte-Rôtie to Cornas, hill by hill.
Read guide →Piemonte
A study guide to Piemonte — Nebbiolo's kingdom in the Langhe, where Barolo and Barbaresco, limestone hills and autumn fog make Italy's most age-worthy reds.
Read guide →Priorat
A study guide to Priorat — Catalonia's steep-sloped DOQ of black llicorella slate, old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena, tiny yields, and some of Spain's most prized reds.
Read guide →Rías Baixas
A study guide to Rías Baixas — Galicia's cool, wet Atlantic home of Albariño, its granite pergolas, five subzones, and the cold-ferment-and-lees winemaking that gives the wines texture.
Read guide →Rioja
A study guide to Rioja — the three zones along the Ebro, the Crianza–Reserva–Gran Reserva ageing ladder, Tempranillo, Viura whites, and the mountains that shape it all.
Read guide →Southern France
A study guide to Southern France — the Languedoc-Roussillon arc and Bandol, two winds, the IGP-to-cru ladder, old-vine Carignan, Picpoul, and Mourvèdre by the sea.
Read guide →Southern Rhône
A study guide to the Southern Rhône — Grenache blends, galets and the mistral, the Côtes du Rhône pyramid, and the crus from Châteauneuf-du-Pape to Tavel.
Read guide →Southwest France
A study guide to Southwest France — Cahors's black wine, Madiran's Tannat, Bergerac and Monbazillac on the Dordogne, Jurançon, and the two roads to sweet wine.
Read guide →Trentino-Alto Adige
A study guide to Trentino-Alto Adige — Italy's Alpine north, where Alto Adige's cool terraced whites meet warmer Trentino's valley-floor reds and Trento sparkling.
Read guide →Tuscany
A study guide to Tuscany (Toscana) — Sangiovese's homeland across three landscapes, the Chianti hierarchy and Black Rooster, Brunello, Bolgheri and the Super Tuscans.
Read guide →Veneto
A study guide to the Veneto — Italy's engine room of everyday wine, from Lake Garda across the plains, with Pinot Grigio in the spotlight and Soave, Valpolicella and Amarone in the hills.
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