Bordeaux

Bordeaux has about 116,160 hectares (287,000 acres) of vineyards, 57 appellations, 10,000 wine-producing Châteaux and 13,000 grape growers. With an annual production of approximately 850 million bottles, Bordeaux produces large quantities of everyday wine as well as some of the most expensive wines in the world.

Both red and white wines are made in Bordeaux with red wines generally blended from grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and less commonly in recent years - Carménère. White Bordeaux is made from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle. Sauternes is a subregion of Graves known for its intensely sweet, white, dessert wines such as Château d'Yquem.