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Description |
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Tacoronte-Acentejo
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The northeast corner of Tenerife. |
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Young, aromatic, fruity red wine and |
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Tarragona
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The middle of the province of Tarragona. |
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Tarragona is divided into two subzones, producing a
number of white, red and rosé table and quality
wines. The rosés are becoming commercially important,
while the red liqueur and vintage wines from the Falset
zone are of great interest. |
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Terra
Alta
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The west of the province of Tarragona. |
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Quality red and white wines, aged at least two years,
including six months in oak containers. |
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Toro
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Southeast of the city of Zamora, spilling over into
the province of Valladolid. |
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The fame of this wine region comes from its red wines,
full-bodied after a minimum of aging. |
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Utiel-Requena
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The west of Valencia province. |
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Mostly red table and quality wine, but also a few still,
sparkling and semi-sparkling white wines and some quality
rosés. |
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Valdeorras
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The northeast of Orense province. |
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Good white, rosé and red wines, the reds being
made with the Mencia grape. |
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Valdepeñas
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In the southern part of La Mancha, south-east of Ciudad
Real. |
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Valdepeñas has traditionally been a region of
large-scale production of not very good wine, though this
is changing. The white wines traditionally made here are
giving way to reds, some of very good quality, and interesting
rosés. |
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Valencia
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Four subzones in different parts of Valencia province. |
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A large variety of commercial wines. Good reds, whites
and rosés, with some interesting liqueur and dessert
wines. |
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Valle
de Güimar
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In the east of the island of Tenerife in the Canaries. |
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Essentially aromatic, fruity white wines. |
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Valle
de la Orotava
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In the north of Tenerife. |
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One of the newest denominaciones de origen, producing
good quality, eminently drinkable red and white wines. |
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Vinos
de Madrid
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Three subzones In the south of Madrid province. |
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Madrid has a very long tradition of wine-making, though
the quality was not very high until the creation of the
D.O. Vinos de Madrid, where good red, white and rosé
wine is now made. An interesting white wine is made in
San Martín de Valdeiglesias using the Albillo grape. |
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| Ycoden-Daute-Isora
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The northwest of Tenerife. |
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A very old wine-producing and exporting area, which
sold wine to Elizabethan England. Red wine is made but
the interesting wines today are whites and rosés. |
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Yecla
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In the north of Murcia province. |
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This region used to make strong, coarse red wine, but
has much improved in recent years. Good reds, rosés
and, to a lesser extent, whites. |
