Bordeaux is an important and influential wine-producing region, known for producing a wide variety of high-quality wines from an extensive range of grape varieties. It is also one of the largest wine regions in the world in terms of both production and vineyard area, with 60 appellations spread across 120,000 hectares of land. The region is famous for its wine-producing châteaux and for the “Grands Crus Classés of 1855”, the official classification that brings together the wines considered the finest in the region. Bordeaux’s 6,000 châteaux produce more than 9,000 different wines every year.