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Wine Without the Crowds
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Wine Without the Crowds

Spanish regions that make serious wine and receive almost no visitors: old-vine Garnacha, slate-grown reds, mountain vineyards and the coast's dry whites.

What's Inside
  • Food & Drink12
Where It Goes

Andalusia · Aragón · Basque Country · Castilla y León · Castilla-La Mancha · Catalonia · Galicia · Murcia · Valencia

How To Use It
  • Recommended5
  • Optional7
Why This List

Rioja and Ribera del Duero do not need your visit. These regions do, and the bottles are not lesser for it. Expect small tasting rooms, cooperative cellars, villages with one bar, and nobody trying to sell you a tour.

The List

12 places

Condado de Huelva
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Wine Region

Condado de Huelva

Andalusia

Undiscovered coastal Andalusian region celebrated for unique Zalema whites and traditional orange-infused wines

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Rioja Alavesa
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Wine Region

Rioja Alavesa

Basque Country

The Basque half of Rioja: medieval wine villages, bodegas cut into the hill, and two famous modern wineries.

Alicante DO
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Wine Region

Alicante DO

Valencia

Coastal Valencian region famous for its rare, aged sweet red Fondillón and high-quality Monastrell

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Montsant
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Montsant

Catalonia

Priorat's accessible neighbor, delivering intense, slate-grown Garnacha and Cariñena wines at superior values

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Ribeira Sacra
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Wine Region

Ribeira Sacra

Galicia

Galicia's most dramatic wine territory, featuring steep terrace vineyards overlooking the Sil and Miño canyons

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Bierzo
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Wine Region

Bierzo

Castilla y León

Steep, slate-rich mountain region in western León producing Spain's most elegant, refined Mencía reds

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Valdeorras
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Valdeorras

Galicia

Galician region prized as the source of elegant, mineral-driven Godello whites and structured Mencía reds

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Toro
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Wine Region

Toro

Castilla y León

Duero river region known for powerful, high-alcohol Tinta de Toro reds produced from ancient pre-phylloxera vines

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Jumilla
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Wine Region

Jumilla

Murcia

Murcia's high-altitude powerhouse for dense, sun-baked Monastrell reds and exceptional value

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La Mancha Wine Region
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Wine Region

La Mancha Wine Region

Castilla-La Mancha

The world's largest wine-growing region, defining the massive scale and landscape of high-plateau Spanish viticulture

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Somontano
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Wine Region

Somontano

Aragón

Aragón's modern wine frontier, utilizing Pyrenean slopes to craft diverse Bordeaux-style and native varietals

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Campo de Borja
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Wine Region

Campo de Borja

Aragón

The heartland of Spanish Garnacha, offering exceptional old-vine wines with high price-to-quality ratios

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