- Rhone valley stretches 140 miles from Vienne in the north down to Avignon in the South.
- The climate of the Rhone valley is warm and vintages are not included to vary excessively.
- The Rhone valley is divided into two area:-
NORTHERN RHONE: REGIONS WITH WINES
- Chateau Grillet: the best and most famous of white Rhone wines which are expensive.
- Chateau Condrieu: it produces white wine
- Clairette De Die: produces sparkling wines
- Cote Rotie: the roasted slopes of Cote Rotie are famous vineyards. There are two slopes named after two sisters, the Cote blone and Cote Brune.
- Cronas: produces red wines
- Hermitage: named after legenary repentant knight who turned hermit and grew the first wines there. Hermitage produces both red and white wines.
- Jospeh: excellent red and white wines with flavor of black berries and plumy
- Peray: produces sparkling wine.
SOUTHERN RHONE
- Chateau neuf –du-pape: 99% red wines and 1% white wines are produced. There are 13 grape varieties allowed in chateau neuf du pape and wine must have 12.5% alcohol.
- Cote du Rhone: produces white, red, rose wines
- Coteaux du Tricastin: famous for red wines
- Cotes du Ventoux: produces red wines
- Cotes du Vivorais: produces fruity red and rose wines
- Gigonds: produces red wines.
- Lirac: one of the best rose wine produced here.
- Muscat-de-Beaumes de venise: sweet fortified wine produced with muscat grapes.
- Rasteau: Sweet white fortified wines are produced
- Travel: very famous dry rose wines are produces.
- Main grape varieties of Rhone:
- For red wines: Syrah, Grenache
- For white wines: Viognier