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Wine in Spain

Spain is well known for its wine, quality reds from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, reds and whites from Penedes, fine whites from Rueda, 'sherries' from Jerez, and fine sparkling wine known as cava.

Almost every village in Spain produces its own wine, and the quality to a greater degree depends on the variety of grapes produced in each area, the quality of soil and climatic conditions.

Surely the best way to find out more about Spanish wine is to sample it yourself. Why not try a wine tour? There are many inspiring wine tours in Spain to choose from.

More about wine and grape varieties from regions and provinces of Spain

Wine from Andalucia

Andalucians live their culture with passion and wine forms an essential part of that culture.

Wine from Aragon

Aragon has concentrated on improving its wine production techniques, selecting the grape varieties with an eye to quality and streamlining traditional cultivation methods.

Wine from the Canary Islands

Canary wines lived their golden age from the 16th century when they sailed the seas en route to the ports of Northern Europe and the Caribbean.

Wine from Castilla La Mancha

The homeland of Don Quixote, that immortal sad-faced knight, is a huge high plain with gentle undulations at its edges. It is also a 'sea of vines', as one illustrious visitor called it, and represents the greatest concentration of vineyards in the world.

Wine from Castilla y Leon

Before flowing into Portugal and giving life to the legendary port, the River Duero runs through the ancient kingdom of Castile through a landscape of cereal plains and vineyards, broken here and there by the silhouette of a medieval castle silhouetted against an intense blue sky.

Wine from Catalunya

Catalunya, a community set apart by its language and culture and with its own pronounced personality, has always been a gateway to the rest of Spain. It serves the same purpose for the world of wine.

Wine from Galicia

Galicia, the mysterious Finisterre (End of the Earth) where the Roman legions surrendered in terror, produces a some of the finest Spanish white wines.

Wine from La Rioja

'In relation to their price, wines from Rioja are the best in the world'. Hugh Johnson

Wine from Murcia

Murcia contains almost 100,000 hectares of vineyards. This gives you some idea of the importance of wine in the ancient kingdom.

Wine from Navarra

They say that Navarra is an entire wine universe in miniature. What best characterises the Navarran wines is their diversity, within a relatively small area of vineyards.

Wine from Basque Country (Pais Vasco)

The Basques can boast that a significant amount of Spanish wine that goes out onto the open market with the Rioja label are produced within their Autonomous Community.

Wine from Valencia

Valencia is the great port of Spanish wine, a vocation inherited from the last century, when Swiss, French and Italian traders set up business exporting robust wines to those areas of Europe which had been most affected by the great vineyard plagues.