Spain
The world's third-largest wine producer, Spain produces exquisite wines from around 400 grape varieties
With just over 1 million hectares, Spain has the world's largest wine-growing area, but only ends up in third place in production volume. This is because many wine regions are sparsely planted and lack of rain makes yields low. A variety of grape varieties are grown, but only about twenty percent account for close to 80 percent of the vineyard area.
Rioja
Rioja is Spains leading designation of origin with more than 560 wineries, 14,800 grape growers and the largest number of barrels in the world. Rioja wines are present in 124 different countries.
Ribera del Duero
Winemaking for Spain’s most prestigious wine regions for red and white wines began almost 2,000 years ago.
La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha is a region in central Spain to the south and east of Madrid. La Mancha is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines, with over 190,000 ha planted to vines, and is the largest continuous vine-growing area in the world.
