Charting the path of Vi de Finca wines in Catalunya or those of Vino de Pago in greater Spain, is a mighty tricky affair. While these are both single vineyard certifications akin to something of a “grand cru“, there is a bit of a circuitous path to arrive at the certification either under the Spain requirements or the ones in Catalunya. Spain is probably the trickiest as when pursuing this classification, those attempting it are in fact gaining a new PDO-level certification within the European Union (a Protected Designation of […]

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