Major producers

United States

California accounts for the overwhelming majority, but wine is now made commercially in all fifty states. Oregon and Washington are serious cool- and warm-climate counterweights.

Signature grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay Pinot Noir Zinfandel Merlot

Also grown here

Petite Sirah Norton Mission Malbec Sangiovese Barbera Tempranillo Mourvèdre Carignan Tannat Gewürztraminer Viognier Chenin Blanc Roussanne Colombard Vidal Blanc

Region guides 4

Napa ValleyFog at one end, heat at the other, Cabernet throughout.7 grapes Willamette ValleyOregon's answer to Burgundy, on volcanic soil.4 grapes SonomaNapa's bigger, more varied neighbour, cooled by the Pacific.4 grapes Columbia ValleyDesert vineyards in the rain shadow of the Cascades.5 grapes

Zinfandel was long thought native; DNA work traced it to Croatia.

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