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

Bodega Irius |

Just across the Pyrenees in Aragon, Huesca is a not too exciting Spanish city. But on the way to Barcelona there is quite exciting wine estate: Irius. From the road you cannot miss it. Between the vines a futuristic space ship looms up. Like Superman to Superwoman and Super Little children landed in the ship of Kryptonite and accidentally ended up here. That feeling does not go away when you enter the winery. The wall slides away, so you can enter and the entrance is big and black. There is a co... | more