Guide to French Wine Regions

Know your Claret from your Cotes du Rhone? Taste your way round the wine regions of France staying at French Connections self catering holiday properties.

Wine is quite simply one of France's greatest exports. Take a wine tour round one of the regions of France and you'll soon discover just why French wine is admired and renowned the world over. Stay in one of our 3000 self catering properties along the way and you'll really experience all that France has to offer - fantastic scenery, friendly locals, and a passion for making the finest wine!

• South West Wine Region

  From the Dordogne in the north to the Lot valley in the south and the western Pyrenees, the South West is home to a fascinating range of grape varieties and styles producing luscious dessert wines of red, white and rose. more

• Languedoc Wine Region

  A truly extraordinary region where majestic mountains and crags give way to fertile valleys - all producing rich red wines (recently much improved) from communes like St Chinian, Minervois and Corbieres. more

• Roussillon Wine Region

  About as far south and west as you can go in France! With its Mediterranean sunshine, this is an exciting region of stunning red, white and rose wine development. more

• Loire Wine Region

  The garden valley of France lines one of the longest rivers in Europe. The Loire is home to delicious wines like Muscadet, Sancerre, Pouilly and Anjou that perfectly accompany local dishes. more

• Champagne Wine Region Guide

  Aah… Champagne! A wine that will always be a welcome, sparkling treat and a beautiful region with mile after mile of vineyards and small champagne producers to discover. This makes the area a great hunting ground for visiting wine lovers. more

• Beaujolais Wine Region

  The very name suggests a picturesque location with pretty villages set among rolling hills. Beaujolais offers all this - and gorgeously drinkable red wines too. more

• Burgundy Wine Region

  The great wine region of Burgundy is famous all over the world for its subtle Chardonnay whites and sensual Pinot Noir reds. more

• Rhone Valley Wine Region

  Lying south of Lyon, the Rhone stretches right to the Mediterranean and along the slopes of its valley are the vineyards of world famous wines such as Hermitage and Chateauneuf du Pape. more

• Provence Wine Region

  From the Alps in the north and east to the warm Mediterranean in the south, this is a region of sunkissed flowers, herbs and vines. No wonder it produces such excellent pale pink wines and rich, full reds. more