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20 regions

All covered regions, alphabetically.

FRFrance

Alsace

A single road down the Vosges foothills, linking villages that have been making white wine for a very long time.

Best window
May — Jun · Sep — Oct
Trip length
3–5 days
Go for
Riesling · Gewurztraminer · Pinot Gris
Transport
No-car ease
FRFrance

Burgundy

A close-grained mosaic of villages, vineyard paths and quietly serious cellars.

Best window
May — Jun
Trip length
3–5 days
Go for
Pinot Noir · Chardonnay
Transport
Driver or car useful
NZNew Zealand

Central Otago

The world's southernmost commercial wine region: continental, high, and about as far as this gets.

Best window
Feb — Apr
Trip length
5–7 days
Go for
Pinot Noir · Chardonnay · Riesling
Transport
Driver or car useful
FRFrance

Champagne

Chalk cellars under two working towns, and a landscape that reads far quieter than the drink suggests.

Best window
Jun — Sep
Trip length
2–4 days
Go for
Chardonnay · Pinot Noir · Meunier
Transport
No-car ease
ITItaly

Chianti Classico

The original zone between Florence and Siena — oak woods, stone villages and Sangiovese on every good slope.

Best window
May — Jun · Sep — Oct
Trip length
3–5 days
Go for
Sangiovese
Transport
Driver or car useful
PTPortugal

Douro Valley

Schist terraces, river light and a journey that works beautifully by rail.

Best window
Sep — Oct
Trip length
4–6 days
Go for
Port · field blends · Touriga Nacional
Transport
No-car ease
ITSicily, Italy

Etna

Black lava soils, mountain railways and bright wines grown on a living volcano.

Best window
May · Oct
Trip length
4–5 days
Go for
Nerello Mascalese · Carricante
Transport
Driver or car useful
ESSpain

Jerez

White albariza soil, cathedral-scale bodegas and a wine style that exists almost nowhere else.

Best window
Mar — May · Sep — Nov
Trip length
3–4 days
Go for
Palomino · Pedro Ximénez · Moscatel
Transport
Driver or car useful
PTPortugal

Madeira

Terraced smallholdings above the Atlantic, and a fortified wine deliberately aged by heat.

Best window
Apr — Oct
Trip length
4–7 days
Go for
Sercial · Verdelho · Bual · Malvasia
Transport
Driver or car useful
ARArgentina

Mendoza

High-altitude vineyards, Andean horizons and destination-worthy lunches.

Best window
Mar — Apr
Trip length
5–7 days
Go for
Malbec · Cabernet Franc · Torrontés
Transport
Driver or car useful
DEGermany

Mosel

Slate slopes, storybook river towns and Riesling with astonishing range.

Best window
Jun — Sep
Trip length
3–5 days
Go for
Riesling · Pinot Noir
Transport
No-car ease
FRFrance

Northern Rhône

Granite terraces stacked above the river, and Syrah at its most serious in a very narrow strip of land.

Best window
May — Jun · Sep
Trip length
3–4 days
Go for
Syrah · Viognier · Marsanne · Roussanne
Transport
Driver or car useful
ITItaly

Piedmont

Fog in the valleys, Nebbiolo on the ridges and a food culture that quietly outranks the wine.

Best window
Sep — Nov
Trip length
4–6 days
Go for
Nebbiolo · Barbera · Dolcetto · Moscato
Transport
Driver or car useful
ESSpain

Priorat

Black slate, severe gradients and a small, hard-won region that repays the effort of getting there.

Best window
Apr — May · Sep — Oct
Trip length
3–4 days
Go for
Garnacha · Cariñena
Transport
Driver or car useful
ESSpain

Rioja Alavesa

Hill towns, limestone soils and a compelling conversation between old and new.

Best window
May · Sep
Trip length
4–6 days
Go for
Tempranillo · Garnacha · Viura
Transport
Driver or car useful
GRGreece

Santorini

Vines coiled into baskets on the ground, ungrafted, on an island most people visit for something else entirely.

Best window
May — Jun · Sep — Oct
Trip length
3–5 days
Go for
Assyrtiko · Athiri · Aidani
Transport
Driver or car useful
ZASouth Africa

Stellenbosch

Cape Dutch farms under granite mountains, an hour from a city, with harvest in the European winter.

Best window
Feb — Apr
Trip length
4–7 days
Go for
Cabernet Sauvignon · Chenin Blanc · Syrah
Transport
Driver or car useful
GBEngland

Sussex & Kent

The same chalk as Champagne, an hour from London, and a sparkling industry still young enough to be curious.

Best window
Jun — Sep
Trip length
2–3 days
Go for
Chardonnay · Pinot Noir · Meunier · Bacchus
Transport
No-car ease
HUHungary

Tokaj

Volcanic hills, mould-black cellars cut into rock, and a sweet wine that was regulated before almost any other.

Best window
Sep — Oct
Trip length
3–4 days
Go for
Furmint · Hárslevelű
Transport
Driver or car useful
ATAustria

Wachau

Thirty-six kilometres of terraced Danube between two abbeys, walkable end to end.

Best window
May — Jun · Sep — Oct
Trip length
2–4 days
Go for
Grüner Veltliner · Riesling
Transport
No-car ease

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Month windows, named wines, trip lengths and transport suitability come from the same twenty editorial records as the region guides. It does not know live opening hours, availability, prices or weather.

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