Talk:Spanish wine regions

Update
I updated this page slightly. The most important changes were:
 * added one Denomincaciones de Origen (DO), (Uclés in Castile La Mancha)
 * added two Denomincaciones de Origen de Pago (DO de Pago), (also in castile La Mancha), and
 * deleted three DO's from the Canary islands, which don't seem to exist

I got this info from the web page of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, here:

[] which was updated on 22nd May 2007.

I also tweaked the format a bit (alphabetical order, brackets round multi-provincial DOs)

--BodegasAmbite 13:09, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Another Update
I moved Arribes into the DO column of the table. The Arribes region was upgraded in July 2007 by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture to DO status. I'll write up a Start article as soon as I can. :) --BodegasAmbite 10:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC) Oh and I finally found a good link to the upgrade story: http://www.gondoladigital.com/noticia.php?ID_NOTICIA=238 - not even the beurocrats have recognised the change yet. MAPA lists it as a DO but fails to mention that's it was ever thus. Ho hum, you gotta love the place. --mikaultalk 17:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well-deserved, too :) I've unbolded the red link and added (DO), which is a thankless task required for a good many of these; a lot of DOs link to geographical regions. There's often a DO article but it's not always disambiguated at the geog page... how deep do we go here...

La Gomera (DO) and Gran Canaria (DO)
I've included these two DO's even though I cant find a reliable source for their existance. The official Ministry of Agriculture list was updated in January 2008 and doesn't include them. Neither do the have their own websites. However, they do appear in some tourism pages and wine pages, and apparently have an address, fax number, and logo. Any thoughts/opinions on this? --BodegasAmbite (talk) 09:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Ambite. These two DOs are listed in the Turism Portal of the Government of the Canary Islands: www.turismodecanarias.com. The webpage of the Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria (also an office of the Gvnt of the Canaries) www.gobiernodecanarias.org includes a listing of all the wineries of the islands with the DO they belong to, including DO Gran Canaria and DO La Gomera. This page, by the way, also has loads of useful information about Canarian wines.


 * Regarding the DO Alicante, the official website of its Consejo Regulador www.crdo-alicante.org makes reference to all the municipalities within the Region of Murcia that produce Alicante wine. Check the section zona de producción. --Té y kriptonita (talk) 12:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks v much for the info. I'll include those links in the References (and put DO Alicante in Murcia region too). --BodegasAmbite (talk) 12:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Status of Spanish DOs, as of April 2009

 * There is now an article for all 69 Spanish DOs. (7 of them are still Stubs, which I hope to expand to Starts soon.)
 * There is also an article for all 7 Spanish DOs de Pago. (3 of them Stubs)
 * Maps. Each article now has a regional map showing the location of the DO therein. --Té y kriptonita and I are working to improve this, as a purely regional map is not very helpful to someone who isn't familiar with the geography of Spain!!!
 * Consistent introduction. All articles now start in a similar manner:
 * "XYW is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) for wines located in..."


 * For the DOs in bilingual regions (Catalonia, Galicia, Basque Country), the article starts:
 * - "XYW is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) (Denominació d'Origen in Catalan) for wines located in..."
 * - "XYW is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) (Denominación de Orixe in Galician) for wines located in..."
 * - "XYW is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) (Jatorrizko Deitura in Basque) for wines located in..."


 * Loose end. There are a few articles, (Rioja (wine) and Manzanilla) for example, that are not actually specifically about the DO.
 * Vino de la Tierra. (goegraphic indication one rung below the DOs on the quality ladder) All these (except for Valles de Sadacia) are pending creation of an article - they are either red links or point to a town/region of the same name.
 * Date of creation of a DO. The correct date of creation of a DO is the date the legislation was published in the regional Official Bulletin, not the date it was published in the BOE (Official Spanish state Bulletin). This is beacause in Spain, it is the regions (Autonomous Communities) that are responsible for the creation and management of DOs. The legislation is also published in the BOE (several years later!), but not for the purpose of 'approval' or making the law 'valid', but soley for protection of the 'brand' or 'trademark' and interests of the DO internationally and nationally (outside the region). This means that the latest list published by MAPA (Spanish Ministry of Agriculture) in Feb 2009 is not up-to-date: for example, it doesn't include Gomera DO or Gran Canaria DO! This is a bit of a bore, as in the absence of a reliable list, each DO ought to be checked individually!!!

And that's about it I think!--BodegasAmbite (talk) 08:59, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Vinos de la Tierra list
I found 3 more Vinos de la Tierra: Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Sierras de Las Estancias y Los Filabres and Norte de Almería, to add to the list. The references can be found in the Spanish version of this article. --Té y kriptonita (talk) 20:55, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Té, I've included them in the table. I found one too!: Torreperogil --BodegasAmbite (talk) 11:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Wot's this?
Does anyone know what this means: (it's in the introduction of this article): "There are 38 'official' and 20 'unofficial' Vino de la Tierra regions in Spain." As far as I can tell, there are 46 VdlT regions. --BodegasAmbite (talk) 10:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know. But it doesn't appear to be sourced in the article so I would just go with your best source and change it. AgneCheese/Wine 15:36, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Done it. Updated to 46 VdlT regions. --BodegasAmbite (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Spanish Wine Regions
I've just completed the latest update on Spanish wine regions using official documents and my own researches. I can confirm that, as of 01-Jan-11 there are 81 QWPSR and 38 VdlT regions (names in brackets from the 2009 vintage onward, although it's normal for CRDOs to allow bodegas to use up pre-printed labels before using the new designations):

QWPSR - 10 Vinos de Pago (VPP?); 2 DOCa/DOQ (DOPCa/DOPQ); 65 DO (DOP); 4 VCPRD (DOP?)

Table Wine - 38 VdlT (IGP)

Viñedos de España has replaced Vino de Mesa

An article detailing all of them will be published shortly. For more info please contact me: john@johnradford.com

Radski (talk) 10:34, 5 March 2011 (UTC)