https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spainen-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spainWed, 11 Feb 2026 22:47:48 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 2/11/2026 10:47:48 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/45Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:34:52 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 45 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 1/19/2026 3:34:52 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/44Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:51:32 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 44 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 1/6/2026 10:51:32 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/43Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:38:24 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 43 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 6/27/2025 3:38:24 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/42Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:36:33 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 42 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 6/27/2025 3:36:33 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/41Mon, 05 May 2025 20:37:34 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 41 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/5/2025 8:37:34 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/40Mon, 05 May 2025 20:36:33 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 40 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/5/2025 8:36:33 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/39Mon, 05 May 2025 20:35:10 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 39 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/5/2025 8:35:10 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/38Mon, 05 May 2025 20:34:13 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 38 posted to Expert Guides by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/5/2025 8:34:13 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/37Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:13:23 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 37 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/20/2025 2:13:23 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/36Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:32:39 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 36 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/19/2025 8:32:39 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/35Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:28:42 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 35 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 11/26/2024 1:28:42 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/34Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:00:00 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 34 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 9/4/2024 8:00:00 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/33Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:01:04 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 33 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 8/8/2024 10:01:04 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/32Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:39:35 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 32 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 7/19/2024 1:39:35 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/31Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:25:52 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4GuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 31 posted to Expert Guides by GuildSomm Admin on 6/18/2024 3:25:52 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/30Wed, 29 May 2024 14:20:55 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 30 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 5/29/2024 2:20:55 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/29Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:12:10 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4GuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 29 posted to Expert Guides by GuildSomm Admin on 4/18/2024 3:12:10 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/28Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:24:22 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 28 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/26/2024 2:24:22 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/27Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:26:19 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4Jonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 27 posted to Expert Guides by Jonathan Eichholz on 11/19/2023 6:26:19 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain/revision/26Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:36:43 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4GuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/research/expert_guides/w/expert-guides/2428/spain#commentsRevision 26 posted to Expert Guides by GuildSomm Admin on 10/30/2023 3:36:43 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="box1_home4">&quot;I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!&quot;<span class="box1_h4_a">- George Orwell, &quot;Homage to Catalonia,&quot; 1938</span></div> <p></p> <div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>History of Spain</li> <li>Land &amp; Climate</li> <li>Spanish Wine Law</li> <li>The Grapes of Spain</li> <li>Atlantic Coast</li> <li>Duero River Valley</li> <li>Ebro River Valley</li> <li>Mediterranean Coast</li> <li>Central Plateau</li> <li>Andaluc&iacute;a</li> <li>The Islands</li> <li>Bibliography</li> </ol> </div> <div class="&rdquo;content-justify&rdquo;"> <p style="text-align:justify;">Home to the world&rsquo;s largest vineyard area, Spain boasts a winegrowing history that is ancient and discontinuous. Several events throughout its three millennia of viticulture have threatened the industry, including the Moorish conquest of Iberia, the phylloxera crisis, a devastating Civil War, and several decades under a fascist regime, during which winemaking customs lost favor to bulk production and cooperatives. Today, Spain&rsquo;s languages, cultures, and food and wine traditions remain distinct&mdash;long after the country&#39;s unification in the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Spain&rsquo;s heritage styles&mdash;its deep-hued rosados, nutty rancios, and slowly aged gran reservas&mdash;are now joined by more contemporary aesthetics. While some growers have adapted to a modern palate, others hold to tradition. Others still seek to reimagine classic Spanish wines for the 21^st century, reclaiming indigenous grape varieties and marrying innovation to ancestry. Born from these varied philosophical approaches is a Spanish wine industry equipped with the diversity and talent to capture new generations of consumers while safeguarding a long-cherished identity.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> History of Spain Ancient History <p style="text-align:justify;">Anthropological studies have found trace evidence of Vitis vinifera in Spain dating as early as 3000 BCE. Fragments of vine wood and other vestiges of ancient grapes have been identified at three sites in Southern Spain. The introduction of viticulture to Iberia, however, is widely attributed to the Phoenicians, who arrived and established what would become C&#225;diz in today’s Andaluc&#237;a approximately</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '248f644e-847a-44ae-9384-9265f384d4d4' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div>