1. WINES OF SPAIN
• A proud wine making tradition & producer’s
commitment to quality are placing Spain in fore front
of Europe’s great wine nation.
• Freshness & fruit are by word for best wine rather
than old fashioned wood flavour.
• It has been seen out of every 7 bottles of wine drunk
in England one is Spanish wine.
• Spain produces something like 2,250 million liters of
wine every year & around 180 million liters are
exported.

2. Cont..
• The great virtue of these wines is because of their relative
cheapness.
• They are not very great wines but are not really
disappointing
• Having a reputation of 2nd grade wines.
• Spain is more famous for its fortified wines than its table
wine.
• It also produces sparkling wines, which are known as cava.
• The grapes yield is much more in Spain than in Italy or
France
• Climatically it has a very hot summer & a cool winter. The
temp goes up to 48 c

3. Map

4. Classification
• DOCa- DENOMINACION DE ORIGEN CALIFICADA-
Equal to AOC of France. Rioja was the first region to be
declared DOCa in 1991.
• VINA DE LA TIERRA- Wine that come from any series of
large but geographically specific zone.
• VINO COMARCAL- Broader regional designation.
• VINO DE MESA- Ordinary table wine

5. Regions
• Rioja- It takes its name from river Rioja. This river joins
the river Ebra. The main city is Hara.
• The well known of all Spanish table wines are produced
from here. The wines of this region having oily texture,
strawberry flavoured derived from ageing.
• Rioja produces red, white & rose wines, out of which red
is the best & standard bearer. Red is natured for some
time in wooden casks & resembles the Rhone wines to
certain extent. It is divided into three parts:
• Rioja Alta- it produces more fine wines.
• Rioja Baja- it produces more alcoholic wines.
• Rioja Alavesa- it produces more acidic wines.

6. Cont..
Red Grapes
• Tampranilla
• Garanacha- Add spicy
ness to wine
• Mazuela
White Grapes
• Malvasia
• Viura
Wine
• Marques de Murrieta
• Marques de Caceres
• La Rioja Alta SA

7. Cont..
• La Mancha- It produces Val de Panas wines,
which are very ordinary. In Portugal they are
known as Estremadura wines. Both red &
white are produced, but the red is better than
the white. The red is more sturdy & fruity.
• Malaga- It produces fortified wine

8. Cont..
• Catalonia- Panades is the center for sparkling wine
(Cava) production. In panadas a very famous brandy
is produced known as Mascaro. There is a wine
museum in catalonia at Villifranca del Panades.
– Brands names of cava – Cava Hills, Parket, Raimet,
Jean Perico,Codornin
• Tarragona- Produces both red & white fortified wines
in the same line as port. They were once a upon a
time being described as poor mans port.

9. Cont..
• Valencia- Among the valencian wines Beni Carlos is
considered the best and robust wine.
• Cordoba- the province of Cordoba is synonymous
with the wines of Mantilla Morilies. PedroXimines
grape is predominantly used, for the production of
Corboda wines & hence they resemble sherry to a
certain extent to be marked as Cordoba wines, they
should have a minimum alcoholic strength of 15 GL.
They are matured in stone jars called Tinjas. The
height of the jars may wary between 1-4 meters &
they can hold up to 2,500-5,000 liters of wines.

10. Cont..
• Valencia- Among the valencian wines Beni Carlos is
considered the best and robust wine.
• Cordoba- the province of Cordoba is synonymous
with the wines of Mantilla Morilies. PedroXimines
grape is predominantly used, for the production of
Corboda wines & hence they resemble sherry to a
certain extent to be marked as Cordoba wines, they
should have a minimum alcoholic strength of 15 GL.
They are matured in stone jars called Tinjas. The
height of the jars may wary between 1-4 meters &
they can hold up to 2,500-5,000 liters of wines.