Expedia’s​ ​new​ ​ranking​ ​reveals​ ​the​ ​best​ ​sparkling​ ​wine​ ​countries

Travellers with a thirst for holiday destinations where great-tasting wine is one of the key criteria will be fully satisfied with travel expert Expedia’s new resource, which reveals the best sparkling wine countries in the world , with France topping the list.

From Italy to China and everywhere in between, Expedia have pulled out all the stops to provide an engaging, highly visual journey through the world of wine, listing the planet’s top wineries and vineyards across 15 countries and giving holidaymakers plenty of inspiration for wine-themed trips.

Expedia’s data-backed interactive guide used five benchmarks – including how many wine-producing hectares a country has to how well regarded its wines are – to assign each country a maximum of 50 points. France, a country well known for its wine production, was the stand-out winner with 43.4 points, some way above competitors Italy (second with 34.9 points) and Spain (third with 21.6 points).

The resource represents the major wine players, including the aforementioned big three and countries like the US, Chile and Argentina, but also smaller producers like Wales.