This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Grapes will sometimes grow beyond this range and minor amounts of wine are made in some very unexpected places. In 2005, the five largest producers of wine in the world were, in order, Italy, France, Spain, the United States, and Argentina (see list of wine-producing countries for a complete rank). - Rio Grande do Sul - Bento Gonçalves (city), Caxias do Sul,Garibaldi,Cotiporã
- Paraná - Marialva, Maringá, Rosário do Avaí, Bandeirantes
- Santa Catarina - São Joaquim, Pinheiro Preto, Tangará
- Mato Grosso - Nova Mutum
- Minas Gerais - Pirapora, Andradas, Caldas, Santa Rita de Caldas
- Bahia - Juazeiro, Curaçá, Irecê
- Pernambuco -Petrolina, Casa Nova, Santa Maria da Boa Vista
- São Paulo - Jundiaí, São Roque
 Chile's topography with the location of most of Chile's wine regions highlighted. - A complete listing of federally defined wine regions, called American Viticultural Areas, is available here.
 Wine-producing regions in California. - The wine producing area is mainly in the Dpto. Canelones near the capital Montevideo, for more info: The Uruguayan wine guide
- The wine producing enterprise for Venezuela can be found here
- A map of Austrian wine regions can be found here
 Wine-producing regions in Bulgaria.  Map of wine regions in France - Detailed information on Greek wine regions can be found here
 Wine-producing regions in Slovakia. Whole of southern Slovakia  Spanish wine-producing regions  Wine-producing regions in Turkey In the UK, area under vines is small, and whilst viticulture isn't a major part of the rural economy significant planting of new vines has been made in the early 21st century. The greatest concentration of vineyards is found in the south east of England, in the counties of Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. Main article: Wine in ChinaRegions producing native wines have been present since the Qin Dynasty,[2] with wines being brought to China from Persia. Some of the more famous wine-producing regions are: With the import of western wine-making technologies, especially French technology, production of wines similar to modern French wine has begun in many parts of China with the direction of experienced French wine-makers; China is now the sixth largest producer of wine in the world. The following regions produce significant quality of wine: Prior to the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran was a producer of wine. While production has stopped, the vineyards continue to exist and their product diverted to non alcoholic purposes.  Australian geographic indications by state Geographic indications for Australian wine are governed by law. The geographic indication must indicate where the grapes are grown, irrespective of where the wine itself is made. A geographic indication may be "Australia", "South Eastern Australia", a state name, zone, region or subregion if defined.[5] The zones, regions and subregions in each state are listed below: - New South Wales
- Queensland
- Regions, no zone defined
- South Australia
Adelaide Super Zone includes Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu and Barossa - Tasmanian wine
- North West
- Tamar Valley
- Pipers River
- East Coast
- Coal River
- Derwent Valley
- Southern
- Victoria
- West Australian wine
- Central Western Australia
- Eastern Plains, inland and northern Western Australia
- Greater Perth
- South West Australia
- Western Australia South East Coastal
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