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May 19, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Wine travel to Canary Islands, Spain – Great Spanish Wine Regions, part 10

Wines from the Canary Islands easily remind you of their volcanic origin, as well as the beauty of the islands. Even Shakespeare mentioned the Canary wines in one of his plays, and the English once opened a consulate on Tenerife because of the wines – but nowadays the islands are almost exclusively famous for tourism,…

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May 16, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Visit Galicia, Spain – Great Spanish Wine Regions, part 9

Just north of Portugal lies the Galicia wine region, with a lot of rain and great earth for growing grapevines. The regional wine producers love to experiment with new ideas, and a trip to the area can give even the most educated wine lovers surprises of great quality and originality. Rías Baixas is probably the…

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May 12, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Travelling to Aragon, Spain – Top Spanish Wine Regions, part 8

You might have heard of Campo de Borja, Cariñena, Calatayud or Somontano if you’re interested in Spanish wine. These are all wine regions making a name for themselves lately in the wine world, and situated in the Aragón region, just south of Navarra. Wines from Aragon are typically full bodied reds with high alcohol, great…

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May 9, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Travel for wine in Levante, Spain – Great Spanish Wine Regions, part 7

There are a number of wine growing regions in Levante on the east coast of Spain, where you will also find the third largest city of the country, Valencia. The Valencia region primarily creates sweet Merseguera and Moscatel desert wines, while you find grapes for white wines being grown at high altitude in Alicante and…

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May 5, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Where to go in Andalusia, Spain – Great Spanish Wine Regions, part 6

There’s no doubt to what the most famous wine coming from Andalucia is – just say Sherry, and most people will know what you mean. There are however more wines from Andalucia than just the drinks from Jerez (which is actually the Spanish spelling of  ‘Sherry’, and the name comes from the place – just…

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May 2, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Tips for a wine trip to Castilla y Leon, Spain – Great Spanish wine regions series, part 5

As in most of Spain, Castilla y Leon wines are typically red. However, in the middle of the region, you will find the Rueda wine region, famous for white wines typically based on Verdejo grapes and lately complimented by Sauvignon Blanc. If you enjoy the reds more, you will be happy to stumble into the…

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April 28, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Wine travel to La Mancha, Spain – Great Spanish wine regions series, part 4

In the middle of Spain, just south of Madrid, you will find the largest continuous wine region in the world, which produces half of the Spanish totals. On top of that, La Mancha is one of the oldest wine regions, and well worth a couple of days outing if you’re on a trip to the…

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April 25, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Where to go for wine in Navarra, Spain – Greatest Spanish wine regions series, part 3

Starting off in the amazing city of Pamplona, you have a region producing fruity deeply colored wines in the Navarra wine region – a region with more than 2000 years of wine history started when the Romans were here. Stretching from the Pyrenees to Ebro River Valley in the north of Spain, you will find…

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April 21, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Wine Travel to Catalonia, Spain – Great Spanish Wine Regions series, part 2

Catalonia is the second of ten Spanish wine regions on this trip through the Iberian peninsula. Some of the tips were included in the text we sent to GotSaga, but we felt that each region deserved more space than we could give through just one post. If you enjoy the text, feel free to follow…

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April 18, 2011 By WineTravelr 0 Comments

Tips for travel to Rioja, Spain – Spanish Wine Regions series, part 1

Rioja is the first of ten Spanish wine regions we will pay a visit in this new series. Some of the tips were included in the text we sent to the great guys over at GotSaga, but we felt that each region deserved more space than we could give through just one post. If you…

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