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Vino de España

Cultivation of Vitis vinifera was probably introduced into the Iberian peninsula by the Ancient Greeks or the Phoenecians and has been cultivated there for millenia. Today Spaniards have several classifications for their wines:

Vino de Mesa - table wines made from grapes grown in España and usually without a vintage year
Vino de la Tierra (VdlT) - "country wines" which are permitted to use regional names (list)
Vino de Calidad Producido en Región Determinada (VCPRD) - non-traditional quality wines
Denominación de Origen (DO) - established wines produced in specific regions by specific methods (list)
Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa/DOQ) - consistently high quality DO wines (list)
Denominación de Pago (DO de Pago) - super duper awesome quality wines (list)

Spanish Winegrowing Regions:

Andalucía
Aragón
Asturias
Cantabria
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla y León
Catalunya
Euskadi
Extremadura
Galicia
Illes Balears
Islas Canarias
La Rioja
Madrid
Murcia
Navarra
València



This page last modified: 14 April 2010 by TheWineRater.