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Europe pops first in mind whenever you think of wines. Its countries take the top spots in wine production—Italy, France, and Spain are the world’s biggest wine producers, accounting for almost half of the world’s vino. But it’s not just the premium bottles that make visitors heady. The lush carpets of vineyards, the beautiful food pairings, the charming villages, the family-owned wineries, and the quaint vineyard stays are pearls of the same string of experience.
But where do you start from? There are 3.2 million hectares of vineyards in the European Union, a massive variety of wines, and all sorts of wine tasting holidays. So, for the fans of merlot or barolo, we bring the top 10 regions in Europe.
This is a research conducted by Holidu, a search engine for holiday rentals. It explains, “For this study, the average price of a bottle of wine (average range), number of wine producers in the country, litres of wine consumed per capita, number of wine-growing regions (more than 120) and number of master’s degrees in oenology in the country were considered. A weight was assigned to each of these data points and a final ranking of the best regions in Europe for wine lovers was then created.”
Unsurprisingly, Italy dominates this list with five regions, and Spain and France tie with two regions each. The only outlier is Portugal’s Setúbal region.
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