Czechia makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 9 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Czechia
Czechia
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The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Morava
Morava whites cut lean and mineral-driven from cool limestone soils, while its reds—anchored by Frankovka and Blaufränkisch—carry the…
Jihomoravsky
Jihomoravský whites lean toward mineral precision and low alcohol—Grüner Veltliner and Riesling stripped to their bones—while reds here…
Velkopavlovicka
Moravian hillsides where Grüner Veltliner and Riesling meet the warmth of continental summers, yielding whites of mineral precision and…
Mikulovska
Mikulovska whites—bone-dry Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from limestone slopes—define a region where Central European precision meets the…
Wine of Czech Republic
Czech winemakers coax mineral freshness from cool slopes where Germanic precision meets Central European earthiness, their white wines…
Bohemia
Bohemia's cool continental climate pulls taut, mineral whites from Müller-Thurgau and Riesling, wines that taste of slate and green apple…
Znojmo
12 estates working under the regional appellation.
Slovácko
11 estates working under the regional appellation.
Mělník (CZ)
The oldest vineyard land in Bohemia pulls Müller-Thurgau and Riesling from granite slopes while red varieties struggle against the…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Czechia makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of czechia’s production.
1,901
Czech Republic White — the country’s most numerous bottle.
1,543
1,171
932
873
861
763
758
The houses that keep showing up.
4 Czechia estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Czechia our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Restaurant Papilio
Dessert · Pasta · Traditional — Prague
96
Casa De Carli
Traditional · Italian Style — Prague
92
Field Restaurant
Grill · European — Prague
92
Entrée restaurant
European · Modern — Olomouc
92
U Matěje
European · Traditional — Prague
88
DEJVICKÁ 34 by Tomáš Černý
Grill · Modern · European — Praha
88
Alma
European — Prague
88
Portfolio restaurant
Modern · European — Prague
82
420
European · Modern — Prague
82
Restaurant Chapelle
European — Mariánské Lázně
82
Divinis
European — Prague
82
Mlýnec Restaurant
European — Prague
82
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