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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This is the tenth and last part in a series about the French wine regions, where we went through the most famous regions with a few tips on where to go and what to do in each region. Next up is Spain, and then South America. We will also show you some other of the…
This is the ninth part in a series about the French wine regions, where we go through some great wine regions with a few tips on where to go and what to do in each region. Next up is Corsica (on Thursday), then we move on to wine regions in Spain, and then we’ll have…
This is part 8 in a series about the French wine regions – most of which were featured in the GotSaga article named ““, where we went through the most famous regions with a few tips on where to go and what to do in each region. Because of the response from that article, we…