Wine regions of Spain

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 88. Chapters: Álava, Rioja, Catalan wine, Priorat, Spanish wine regions, Ribera del Duero, Montilla-Moriles, Málaga and Sierras de Málaga, Penedès, Condado de Huelva, Galician wine, Terra Alta, Alella, Conca de Barberà, Valencia, Maestrazgo, Aragon, Navarra, Rías Baixas, Valdepeñas, Cariñena, Getariako Txakolina, Rueda, Somontano, Bierzo, Empordà, Jumilla, Utiel-Requena, Campo de Cariñena, Campo de Borja, Monterrei, Ribeira Sacra, Tarragona, Arribes, Ribera del Guadiana, Toro, Plà i Llevant, Bullas, Pla de Bages, Alicante, Bizkaiko Txakolina, Montsant DO, Ribeiro, Vinos de Madrid, Tacoronte-Acentejo, Binissalem-Mallorca, Cigales, Calatayud, Valles de Sadacia, Costers del Segre, Mondéjar, El Hierro, Valdeorras, Méntrida, La Mancha, Dominio de Valdepusa, Uclés, Yecla, Valle de la Orotava, Ycoden-Daute-Isora, La Palma, Lanzarote, Txakoli de Álava, Tierra de León, Arlanza, Almansa, La Gomera, Manchuela DO, Guijoso, Abona, Ribera del Júcar, Cádiz, Valle de Güímar, Tierra del Vino, Sierra Norte de Sevilla, Campo de Cartagena, Dehesa del Carrizal, Laujar-Alpujarra, Castelló, Costa de Cantabria, Illes Balears, Sierra Sur de Jaén, Desierto de Almería, Valle del Cinca, Contraviesa-Alpujarra, Abanilla, Castilla, Barbanza e Iria, Ribera del Andarax, Catalunya, Valle del Miño-Orense, Cangas, Malaga, Norte de Granada, Sierras de Las Estancias y Los Filabres, Isla de menorca, Serra de Tramuntana-Costa Nord, El Terrerazo, Finca Élez, Formentera, Norte de Almería, Ibiza, Liébana, Pago Florentino, Sierra de Alcaraz, Ribera del Jiloca, Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas, Ribera del Queiles, Valles de Benavente, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Bailén, Granada Sur-Oeste, Campo de La Guardia, Torreperogil, Valdejalón, Extremadura, Bajo Aragón, Betanzos, Los Palacios, Gálvez, Pozohondo, Gran Canaria, Castilla y León, Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO, Señorío de Arínzano, The Golden Mile, Spain, Otazu, Prado de Irache. Excerpt: Catalan wine is wine made in the Spanish wine region of Catalonia. More rarely, the term may also be used to refer to some French wines made in the Catalan region of Roussillon, once joint with the southern territories that currently are part of Spain. The city of Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the focal point of the Catalan wine industry, serving as its primary consumer market, an exporting coastal port and source of financial investment and resources. The area has a long winemaking tradition and was the birthplace of the sparkling wine Cava, invented in the early 1870s in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia by Josep Raventos of Codorníu Winery. At the turn of the 20th century, the Catalan wine industry was at the forefront of Spain's emergence as a world leader in quality wine production, being the first Spanish wine region to adopt the use of stainless steel fermentation tanks. The area is also an important cork production region, with output aimed primarily at the region's Cava houses. Wine cellars of Catalan winery Torres.Archaeological evidence suggests that the Phoenicians introduced winemaking to the region several hundred years before the Romans arrived there. Recovered pieces of amphora indicate that the Phoenicians traded ancient Catalan wines with the Egyptians. The Romans had a major influence in the development of Catalan wine-growing, particularly around Tarragona, the Roman capital of occupied Spain. With the fall of the Roman Empire in the 4th century AD and subsequent Moorish rule, Catalan wine production was s...