Producer Guide
Welcome to Producer Guide, your exclusive resource for in-depth information about top wine producers from France, Spain, Italy and Germany. Curated by the Wine Scholar Guild, this guide offers expert insights into leading winemakers from these iconic regions.
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France
14 regions
From iconic names and rising stars, discover the best French wine producers across all of France's wine regions! Two things distinguish France from its wine-producing neighbours. The first is that it is the only major nation to combine northerly, cool-climate vineyard sites with southerly, Mediterranean ones. And the second is its topographical diversity, with three mountain massifs and five significant river basins sculpting its landmass. The result is a disparate and deeply characterful cluster of vineyard regions, giving rise to a wine culture of unrivalled finesse. In no other country on earth is wine taken so seriously and thought-about so deeply, by wine creators and wine drinkers alike.
Germany
13 regions
Germany is a country of extremes: impossibly steep river-valley vineyards, bone-chilling northerly climates, ancient varieties, and cutting-edge experimentation all sit side by side. Its winemaking culture is defined by clarity – of thought, of intention, of flavour. Precision, purity and place are everything. Riesling remains the beating heart of German wine, but the story doesn’t end there. Pinot varieties thrive in the south, Silvaner and Scheurebe are enjoying a quiet renaissance, and Germany’s red wines are now competing on the world stage. A new generation of producers is redefining the country’s reputation and pursuing ever greater expressions of terroir. There’s a quiet confidence to German wine today – rooted in deep history, but open to change – and its best bottles are some of the most thrilling and undervalued in the world.
Italy
21 regions
The best Italian wine producers - across all of Italy's 20 wine regions - is now at your fingertips! Wine is everywhere in Italy – yet the country was only unified between 1861 and 1871, and remains a nation of deeply rooted regional traditions. The result? Perhaps the most complex wine culture in the world, and one whose differences seem inexhaustible: in Italy, there is always more to learn, to discover, to delight in. Those who make Italian wine often work in obscurity, modestly following the traditions of their mothers and fathers, yet the results astonish by their originality as well as their beauty and gastronomic aptitude.
Spain
15 regions
In this guide you’ll discover the finest Spanish wine producers, from long-established iconic names to a hand-picked selection of those Spanish wine producers noteworthy for making outstanding wines of place. The light and warmth of Spain have long been popular with the world’s wine drinkers, as have its remarkable historical specialities. Recent years, though, have brought a new depth and richness to its offer, as the intricacies of previously neglected regions around its Atlantic margins, as well as in its mountainous interior, become apparent to the wine world. Many of those familiar historical specialities, meanwhile, are undergoing a period of reinvention: Spain is on the move.