South West France (wine region) South West France (wine region) South West France, or in French "Sud-Ouest", is a wine region in France covering several wine-producing areas situated respectively inland from, and south of, the wine region of Bordeaux. These areas, which have a total of 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) of vineyards, consist of several discontinuous wine "islands" throughout the Aquitaine region (where Bordeaux region itself is situated), and more or less to the west of the Midi-Pyrénées region. Thus, South West France covers both the upstream areas around the rivers Dordogne and Garonne (which also flow through Bordeaux where they combine to form the
Alcamo wine Alcamo wine Alcamo Wine is produced in the DOC of Alcamo, Sicily. Located in the province of Palermo about 30 km. south-west of the city of Palermo and just east of Trapani province. In July,1972 the name Alcamo DOC applied to the wines produced in the 9 different towns in the vicinity the city of Alcamo: Calatafimi, Castellammare del Golfo, Gibellina, Balestrate, Camporeale, Monreale, Partinico, San Cipirello and San Giuseppe Jato. Initially Alcamo exclusively applied to the white wines produced in the region. It is now used for the red and rose wines produced in the region (following Local Wine