Wine destinations you can fly to from London (LGW)

Sherry triangle: Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa María

Sherry capital, distinctive fortified wine identity

Champagne region: Reims, Épernay

Practical international gateway for Champagne (Reims has no scheduled service)

Loire Valley: Muscadet, Anjou, Saumur

Western Loire access, Muscadet country

Médoc, Saint-Émilion, Pomerol, Sauternes

World's premier wine tourism city, Cité du Vin museum, Vinexpo host, Great Wine Capital

Beaujolais, Northern Rhône (Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage), Burgundy (longer)

Major French wine gateway, central to several premium regions

Southwest France: Cahors, Madiran, Gaillac

Real southwest French wine entry, less touristed than Bordeaux

Barolo, Barbaresco, Asti (Piedmont)

Piedmont wine country, Italy's other premier red region

Languedoc-Roussillon, Pic Saint-Loup

Languedoc gateway, fast-developing wine tourism scene

Provence rosé, Bandol, Cassis

Provence wine country, coastal and inland appellations

Valpolicella (Amarone), Soave, Bardolino

Italian wine capital, Vinitaly host, Veneto wine country

Rías Baixas (Albariño)

Galician white wine country, Atlantic-influenced terroir

Penedès (Cava), Priorat, Empordà

Catalan wine country, Cava capital region

Prosecco DOCG (Conegliano-Valdobbiadene), Friuli wines

Prosecco region gateway, UNESCO wine landscape

Emilia-Romagna: Lambrusco, Sangiovese di Romagna

Italy's food and wine heartland

Coastal Tuscany: Bolgheri, Maremma

Super Tuscan country, alternative entry to Tuscan wine

Chianti Classico, Montalcino (Brunello), Bolgheri

Tuscany's wine capital, dense network of wineries within day-trip range

Rioja (longer transfer), Ribera del Duero, Rueda

Central Spain gateway, practical entry for several major Spanish wine regions

Wachau (Riesling, Grüner Veltliner), Burgenland

Austrian wine country, Danube-side vineyards

Douro Valley, Port wine houses (Vila Nova de Gaia)

Porto is a Great Wine Capital, Douro is UNESCO wine landscape

Istria (longer), Plešivica, Slavonia

Emerging Croatian wine destination, multiple regional traditions

Tokaj (sweet wines), Eger (Bull's Blood)

Tokaj is UNESCO wine landscape, distinctive Hungarian wine identity

Alentejo, Setúbal Peninsula, Tejo

Portuguese wine gateway covering central and southern regions

Campania: Taurasi, Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo

Southern Italian wine entry, ancient grape varieties

Sicilian wines: Etna DOC, Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Sicily's emerging wine scene, Etna volcano vineyards

Madeira wine producers

Madeira's distinctive fortified wine, island wine tourism

Assyrtiko volcanic-vine wineries

Volcanic-soil wine tourism (also in beach)