The grapevine can also thrive at very high altitudes. The highest vineyards in the world are located in Tibet at 3,563 metres above sea level and in Argentina at 3,111 metres. However, the examples listed below are absolute exceptions. The ideal conditions for viticulture in terms of altitude and latitude are found in the so-called vine belts. The environmental conditions such as soil type, climate and weather are described under Vine and viticultural suitability. In any case, high-altitude wine-growing regions are hardly affected by climate change.
- 560 - Baden (Hohentwiel with Elisabethenberg and Olgaberg, Germany)
- 650 - Vulkanland Steiermark (Ringkogel near Hartberg, Austria)
- 708 - Southern Styria (Ried Schmierenberg, Leutschach, Austria)
- 800 - Eisack Valley (Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy)
- 800 - Jumilla (Spain)
- 900 - Cembra Valley in Trentino (Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
- 900 - Sicily (Italy)
- 950 - Spain (Pyrenees, Torres)
- 1,000 - Tyrol (Markus Spiss VINUM FUNDUS, Austria)
- 1,000 - Colchagua (Chile)
- 1,000 - Utiel-Requena (Spain)
- 1,100 - China (Helan Plateau, Ningxia)
- 1,100 - Metsovo (Epirus, Greece)
- 1,100 - Visperterminen (Valais, Switzerland)
- 1,150 - Olifants River (Cederberg, South Africa)
- 1,200 - Israel (Golan Heights)
- 1,200 - Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle (Valle d'Aosta, Italy)
- 1,200 - Mendoza (Tupungato, Argentina)
- 1,300 - Albania
- 1,300 - Myanmar formerly Burma
- 1,350 - Madagascar (Ambalavo, Fianarantso)
- 1,373 - Murcia (Spain, Bodega Alto de Inazares)
- 1,500 - Cyprus (Troodos Mountains)
- 1,700 - Armenia (Ararat foothills)
- 1,800 - Canary Islands (Tenerife, Spain)
- 1,800 - Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul depression)
- 2,000 - Elqui (Chile)
- 2,100 - Colorado (USA)
- 2,100 - Mexico (San Juan del Rio)
- 2,300 - Bhutan (Paro near Thimphu)
- 2,500 - Bolivia (Valle de Cinti)
- 2,700 - Ecuador (Tungurahua)
- 2,750 - Nepal (Jonsom in the Annapurna massif)
- 2,850 - Bolivia (Toropalca)
- 3,111 - Salta (Cafayate, Argentina - Bodega Colomé)
- 3,563 - Tibet (Cai Na Xiang, Lhasa)
Further information
See also the keywords largest wine region/vineyard, smallest vineyards & vineyards, steepest vineyard, southernmost vineyard and northernmost vineyard as well as superlatives in viticulture under records. Complete lists of related keywords can be found under vineyard area and vine.
Visperterminen: By Wandervogel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Salta: Vinum - Magazine for wine culture
