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.