Champagne is one of the many regions around the world famous for producing sparkling white wines.

In addition to any local vineyards in your area, many restaurants and bars are now offering wine tasting evenings to educate guests about different wines and wine producing regions. To search for wine tasting events in your area, visit www.localwineevents.com and enter your region.

Although the USA is number four on the overall list is the top new world wine producing country. Australia produces the most per capita.

Like France, Italy is synonymous to Wein whether white (Bianco) or red (Rosso) wine. Lots of wine-producing regions like Veneto and Toscana produce the best wines. The most well-known brands are Chianti wine which is made from Sangiovese grapes and Asti Spumante (sparkling wine).

A number of French regions are wine-producing areas. The biggest producer and most famous region is the area of Bordeaux, in the Aquitaine region.