The wine regions, no fuss

Sparkling wine, Merlot and an Italian accent: the home of Brazil's first wine DO.

Sun, pampa and churrasco: the warmest, least rainy wine region in southern Brazil.

Santiago's valley, where half the vineyard is Cabernet Sauvignon and the breeze from the Andes cools the night.

The valley of Chilean reds: Cabernet and Carmenère at its heart, fresh whites near the sea.

Pacific fog, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir: Chile's cool coast, from Casablanca to Leyda.

From north of Santiago down to the Maule: the strip that holds 4 out of every 5 hectares of wine grapes in Chile.

Desert, Andean snow and Malbec: the province with 7 of every 10 hectares of Argentina's vineyards.

The home of Port wine and full-bodied reds, planted on stone terraces in northern Portugal.

It's not a color, it's a region: light, fresh whites from Alvarinho and Loureiro, plus red, rosé and sparkling.

Hot plains, soft reds full of fruit, and talha wine, made in a clay pot.

Mountains all around, granite soil and fresh reds that get even better with the years.

Sea breeze, vines in the sand and nine denominations: the wine born around the Portuguese capital.

Tempranillo, oak barrels and a label that tells the time: Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.

Tempranillo on the Castilian plateau: deep-colored reds made between the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

The home of Sangiovese: Chianti, Brunello, Bolgheri and over 50 denominations in a single piece of Italy.

Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and Moscato d'Asti: single-grape wine in the hills of northwestern Italy.

Prosecco, Amarone, Ripasso and Soave: northeastern Italy, from the hills of Treviso to Lake Garda.

Sun, sea and deep-colored reds: Primitivo di Manduria and the Negroamaro of Salento, in the heel of the Italian boot.

Sun, sea and a volcano: Nero d'Avola, Grillo, the reds and whites of Etna and Marsala, on the largest island in the Mediterranean.

Merlot and Cabernet blends, the river's two banks and sweet Sauternes, in southwestern France.

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, each alone in the bottle, and a name for every patch of vineyard in eastern France.

Terraced Syrah in the north, Grenache blends in the south and the mistral wind, in southeastern France.

Sparkling wine from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier, with the bubbles made in the bottle, in northeastern France.

France's biggest vineyard, on the Mediterranean shore: Grenache, Carignan, Pays d'Oc and the sweet wines of Roussillon.

Fresh whites from Sauvignon, Chenin and Melon and Cabernet Franc reds, along the river of castles.

The state that makes 8 out of every 10 US wines: Cabernet, Chardonnay, Zinfandel and the Pacific fog.

A 48 km valley north of San Francisco, more than half of it planted with Cabernet Sauvignon.

Mountains, granite soil and sea breeze: the land of South African Cabernet and the birthplace of Pinotage.

Strong sun by day, cold at night: the region New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc comes from.

Heat, old vines and German history: the home of Australian Shiraz and, up high, of Eden Valley Riesling.