Hundreds of wine aficionados across the world consider French wine to be the best. They simply prefer French wine over any other country. There are many different types of French wine. This gives us plenty to choose from when we visit our favorite wine merchant or supermarket. Many wine drinkers often find themselves thinking about where the wine has come from. If you look at the name of the wine this can sometimes be a good indicator to where it came from. Lets take Burgundy as an example. Burgundy wine is wine made in the Burgundy region of France. Most of the wine produced there is red wine made from the wonderful Pinot Noir grapes. White wine made in Burgundy is made using Chardonnay grapes. Other varieties of grape like Aligote and burgundy region Gamay are also used in this region. In the olden days nearly all the wine in France was made by the local peasants. They made it just for themselves to drink. In fact history records French wine going back to 600 BC and burgundy region the Romans and burgundy region now France has a vast amount of vineyards (approx 2 million acres) second only to Spain. In France there are about 13 different regions with many hundreds of vineyards. This makes the possibilities for French wine almost endless. France is known as having the ideal climate for growing the grapes used in wine making and burgundy region they also have the best soil. Many consider French wine to be the benchmark for other wine producing countries and burgundy region as such you will find the French people are very proud of it. Lately France has come under stiff competition from not only the 'New World' wine makers but also from established countries in Europe. French wine varies hugely from the more common types. If you are searching for the rarer types, then using the Internet will help you find them. You can find many different types of wine online, including some very rare French wine. French wine is a cut above the rest possibly due to the strict laws which were passed in the 1930's. French law splits wine into four separate categories. They are Vin de Table, Vin de Pays, VDQS and burgundy region AOC.