All qualities of wine are produced here from Appellation Controllee to Vin de Table. Wine production is mainly red and rose, with only two percent of white wines. Wines from the Rhone achieve outstanding quality. There is opportunity to achieve greater value in the purchase of many Rhone wines versus those of Bordeaux or Burgundy. Some of the vineyards here are very rocky. Chateauneuf du Pape and Cotes du Rhone are the two best-known wines to come from this region. A wide variety of wine grapes are grown and blended in this region but the two most commonly used are Syrah and Grenache.
