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Navarra
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The south of the province of Navarre. |
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Like the adjacent region of La Rioja, French-style wines
made with great craftsmanship. The white wines are aged
at least a year in oak vats. |
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La
Palma
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The island of La Palma in the Canaries |
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Table reds, whites and rosés, quality whites.
Especially noteworthy are the sweet white wines, above
all those made from the Malvasia grape. |
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Penedés
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Catalonia, overlapping the provinces of Tarragona and
Barcelona. |
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Penedés is most famous for its quality white
wine, which is fruity and has a characteristic aroma.
Some reds and high-quality cava. |
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Pla
de Bages
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The west of the province of Barcelona. |
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Red, white and rosé wine. This is an ancient
wine-making region - it is said that "Bages"
derives from "Bacchus." |
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Priorato
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A small region in the west of Tarragona province. |
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Priorato is an ancient wine-making region which has
recently resurged. The "new" Prioratos are high-alcohol,
barrel-aged reds, made with the Mazuela grape. |
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Rías
Baixas
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The Atlantic-facing province of Pontevedra in the west
of Galicia, especially the right bank of the Miño. |
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Essentially white wines, characteristically light and
delicate owing to use of the Albariño grape. |
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Ribeira
Sacra
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Galicia, overlapping the provinces of Lugo and Orense. |
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A new D.O., though wine has been made here for two thousand
years. Very varied, the most famous wine being a red made
with the Mencia grape. |
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Ribeiro
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The west of Orense province, around the town of Ribadavia. |
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Traditionally, light, fresh, highly aromatic, slightly
acidic white wines. |
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Ribera
del Duero
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The heart of Old Castile, where the provinces of Burgos,
Soria, Segovia and Valladolid meet. |
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Ribera del Duero is the most prestigious wine-producing
area in Spain after La Rioja and the Sherry region and
is the home of the mega-expensive Vega Sicilia. Quality
reds, whites and especially interesting rosés.
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Ribera
del Guadiana
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Estremadura, between the north of Badajoz and the south
of Cáceres. |
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A new D.O. with a number of subzones producing red,
white and rosé wines of varying characteristics.
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Rioja
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The wine-producing region of La Rioja occupies most
of the province of the same name, capital Logroño,
and spills over into Álava and Navarre. |
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Sherry (and Vega Sicilia) apart, La Rioja is the Spanish
region where wine-making is most professional. There are
historical reasons for this, the result being that Rioja
wine is the nearest to French wine to be found in Spain.
Quality white, rosé and, especially, red wine. |
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Rueda
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The south of the province of Valladolid, spilling over
into Segovia and Avila. |
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Quality white wine, typically light and fresh. Also
some unusual white wines aged in oak barrels. |
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- see Jeréz-Xérès-Sherry
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Somontano
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The province of Huesca, Aragon. |
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Commercial red and rosé table and quality wine. |
