France

France produces more fine wine than any other country in the world. Like French food, French wine is the benchmark for excellence. France has the world's largest wine production ahead of Italy and the second-largest total vineyard area behind Spain.

It is France that first introduced the word “terroir” and terroir is everything in French winemaking. Terroir is a group of vineyards/appellation that shares the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making knowledge which contribute to give its specific personality to the wine.