Spain is the largest wine land in the world. She produces much of her wine in value for money quality.

map source: vinovixenz.com
Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origin - DO) is a five-tier classification system for Spanish wines, which was firstly developed in Rioja in 1925 and created in 1932.
Starting from the bottom to the top, the five-tier classifications are
1/ Vino de Mesa (VdM)
2/ Vinos de la Tierra (VdlT)
3/ Vino de Calidad Producido en Región Determinada (VCPRD)

Mas de Valdona, Alicante @ HKD 25
4/ Denominación de Origen

Pleyades, Cariñena @ HKD59
5/ Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa/DOQ - Denominació d'Origen Qualificada in Catalan)
In fact, more than a half of the distinct wine-producing regions are having Denominación de Origen (DO) classification. The rest are classified as Vinos de la Tierra (VdlT).
As lots of the Spanish vineyards are located on poor land, much of the productions tend to be encouraged for quantity instead of quality. Therefore, the usual price tags of them are fairly consumer-friendly.
data source: espavino.com

map source: vinovixenz.com
Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origin - DO) is a five-tier classification system for Spanish wines, which was firstly developed in Rioja in 1925 and created in 1932.
Starting from the bottom to the top, the five-tier classifications are
1/ Vino de Mesa (VdM)
2/ Vinos de la Tierra (VdlT)
3/ Vino de Calidad Producido en Región Determinada (VCPRD)
Mas de Valdona, Alicante @ HKD 25
4/ Denominación de Origen
Pleyades, Cariñena @ HKD59
5/ Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa/DOQ - Denominació d'Origen Qualificada in Catalan)
In fact, more than a half of the distinct wine-producing regions are having Denominación de Origen (DO) classification. The rest are classified as Vinos de la Tierra (VdlT).
As lots of the Spanish vineyards are located on poor land, much of the productions tend to be encouraged for quantity instead of quality. Therefore, the usual price tags of them are fairly consumer-friendly.
data source: espavino.com
And what about Cantabrian wines?
ReplyDeleteCantabria is not a great wine-making province, and has no denominación de origen. In fact, tostadillo is the only wine produced in Cantabria.
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