I basically agree entirely with Jane's suggestion, but just wanted to add that, depending on context, the translation of 'différents' might possibly be better rendered as 'various' (and almost certainly NOT by 'several')

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Note added at 17 hrs 8 mins (2004-01-03 11:07:33 GMT)
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\'Gravelly\' sounds OK to me; after all, we have \'gravelly voice\' and \'sandy soil\'. don\'t we?
Not so sure about \'of\' though --- to start with it sounds too like the French use of \'de\' when meaning \'made of\', and often sitting uncomfortably in translation: \'a table of mahogany / a mahogany table\'. And in this particular instance, I think it adds confusion, since \'various areas of...\' might suggest a selection of small and large surface areas, whereas to my ears, \'various areas with...\' makes it clear enough that we are talking about \'area\' = \'locality\' and not \'surface area\'

Just my way of looking at it, I guess...

:-)

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Note added at 17 hrs 11 mins (2004-01-03 11:10:07 GMT)
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Also, as a little PS; we are not necessarily talking about \'various different sized pieces of some strecth of land with gravelly soil\', but I would guess (as is so common in discussions about wine and \'terroir\'), what may well be DIFFERENT gravelly soils --- whence the need for the plural, and thus my preference for \'with\'.

As always with wine, it\'s the aftertaste that counts.... Cheers !