Spain as a wine country

While France provides the most famous wines and Italy produces the largest quantity of wine, Spain has got the largest wine area in the world (1.8 million ha.) Spanish wines can be divided in:1. QualityThe quality classification of Spanish wines is quite comparable with the Italian ones. The classification takes place on DO (Denomination de Origen or as you can say provenance) and DOCa (Denominacion de Origen Calificada or prestige wines). Only the Rioja Wine is a DOCa. Of course Spain has also ... | more

Vineyard Highlighted

Bodegas Pago de Larrainzar, S.L. |

SPANISH PILGRIM WINEMany wineries produce a wide range of wines: white, rosé, red, sparkling, sweet. Pago de Larrainzar does not. This young Spanish wine estate in western Ayegui in Navarre, produces annually just one wine. But they put all their extra effort in it. "This estate has been in the family for 150 years," says Irene Canalejo Lasarte, as they walk through the beautiful walled vineyard. But wine has not always been made here. Until her father, a successful businessman, reintroduced the... | more