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Wine is produced throughout the world. The top twenty leading wine-producing countries in order of total production are:<ref>http://www.wineinstitute.org/communications/statistics/keyfacts_worldwineproduction02.htm</ref> [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[United States of America|USA]], [[Argentina]], [[Czech Republic]], [[China]], [[Australia]], [[Germany]], [[Portugal]], [[South Africa]], [[Chile]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Greece]], [[Russia]], [[Brazil]], [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Croatia]].
Wine is produced throughout the world. The top twenty leading wine-producing countries in order of total production are:<ref>http://www.wineinstitute.org/communications/statistics/keyfacts_worldwineproduction02.htm</ref> [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[United States of America|USA]], [[Argentina]], [[Czech Republic]], [[China]], [[Australia]], [[Germany]], [[Portugal]], [[South Africa]], [[Chile]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Greece]], [[Russia]], [[Brazil]], [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Croatia]].
Many of the best-known vineyards are in France but recent competitions place California wine, particularly the vivid reds from the San Bernardino Valley, alongside French wine in quality. Traditional winemaking is centred in the Languedoc region of Southern [[France]] and La Mancha in [[Spain]]. Kentish [[Pinot Noir]] and Welsh [[Riesling]] are also world-renowned wines.
Many of the best-known vineyards are in France but recent competitions place California wine, particularly the vivid reds from the San Bernardino Valley, alongside French wine in quality. Traditional winemaking is centred in the Languedoc region of Southern [[France]] and La Mancha in [[Spain]]. Kentish [[Pinot Noir]] and Welsh [[Riesling]] are also world-renowned wines. In view of global warming traditional non wine producing countries such as Scotland will soon be producing fine wines. The Glasgow born female winemaker Sue Chimay has begun to plant Pinotage as the area around Loch Ness in the Great Glen is deemed to be similar to that around the Cape winelands.
===Wine and Christianity===
===Wine and Christianity===