Spain - Denominación de Origen

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


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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).

DO and DOCa wine regions of Spain
Abona Alella Alicante Almansa Arabako Txakolina Arlanza Arribes Bierzo Binissalem/Mallorca Bizkaiko Txakolina Bullas Calatayud Campo de Borja Cariñena Catalunya Cava Cigales Conca de Barberà Condado de Huelva Costers del Segre El Hierro Empordà-Costa-Brava Getariako Txakolina	Gran Canaria Jerez-Xerès-Sherry Jumilla La Gomera La Mancha La Palma Lanzarote Málaga & Sierras de Málaga Manchuela Madrid Méntrida Mondéjar Monterrei Montilla-Moriles Montsant Navarra Penedès Pla del Bages Pla i Llevant (Mallorca) Priorat Rías Baixas	Ribeira Sacra Ribeiro Ribera del Duero Ribera del Guadiana Ribera del Júcar Rioja Rueda Somontano Tacoronte Acentejo Tarragona Terra Alta Tierra de Léon Tierra de los Vinos Zamora Toro Uclés Utiel-Requena Valdeorras Valdepeñas Valencia Valle de Güimar Valle de Orotava Ycoden-Daute-Isora Yecla

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