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The wine region classification in Spain takes a quite complex hierarchical form in which the denominación de origen protegida is a mainstream grading, equivalent to the French AOC and the Italian DOC. As of 2019, Spain has 138 identifiable wine regions under some form of geographical classification (2 DOCa/DOQ, 68 DO, 7 VC, 19 VP, and 42 VT).
Wine production by country in 2021 Rank Country Production (1 Italy: 5,088,500 2 France: 3,713,200 3 Spain: 3,700,588 4 United States: 2,057,021 5 China
Located on the Iberian Peninsula, Spain has over 1.2 million hectares (3.0 million acres) planted in wine grapes, making it the most widely planted wine-producing nation, [1] but the third largest producer of wine in the world, behind Italy and France and ahead of the United States; [2] this is due, in part, to the very low yields and wide ...
The wine growing zones and the wine regions that belong to them are as follows: [2]. Zone A (the coldest), comprising Germany except Baden, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, the Čechy region of the Czech Republic and those countries in northern Europe where commercial winemaking is a very marginal business.
The climate is continental (long hot summers, cold winters) with certain Atlantic maritime influences. Temperatures vary widely and can drop to −1 °C (30 °F) in winter and can reach 30 °C (86 °F) in summer, which is not as high as similar wine-producing regions in Southern Central Spain.
Pages in category "Wine regions of Spain" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
While many world-renowned wine regions reside in European countries like Italy, France, and Spain, there is something to be enjoyed with the vineyards in the United States as well. The U.S. doesn ...
Jumilla is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines that extends over the north of the region of Murcia, Spain.The area includes the municipality of Jumilla, from which it takes its name, and the contiguous southeast of the Albacete province (municipalities of Montealegre del Castillo, Fuente-Álamo, Ontur, Hellin, Albatana and Tobarra) in the Castile-La Mancha region. [2]