There are two main regions in the Rhone Valley: the Northern Rhone Valley in the north and the southern Rhone Valley in the south.
- Syrah is the red one the coast of northern Rhône: Côte Rôtie, Saint-Joseph, Cornas, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage. It produces wines typical, colorful and very aromatic.
- The main white wine grapes of the Northern Rhone Valley are Roussane and Marsanne, Viognier (Condrieu single grape variety). Grapes are the secondary Clairette, Muscat à petits grains and chardonnay. The designations are called Condrieu, St. Joseph, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Chateau Grillet, Clairette de Die and Saint Peray (sparkling).
- The southern Côtes du Rhône:
- The red is the dominant carignan, very rustic, supplemented grenache of, and giving alcohol wines flexible, syrah, cinsault of which brings finesse and fruitiness, the mourvèdre, producing wines full bodied and structured and the hazel dormouse.
The main appellations are Côtes du Rhône Villages, Châteauneuf du Pape, Gigondas.
- The whites of the southern Rhône Valley are from the Marsanne, Roussanne, Clairette and bourboulenc of viognier. The appellations are Côtes du Rhône Villages and Chateau neuf du pape.
- Costières-de-Nîmes: the costières come from the assembly of Grenache noir (25% minimum) of cinsault (especially for the rosé) of carignan of Mourvedre and Syrah for red, white grenache, the clairette of marsanne and roussanne for the whites.
