Spain’s newest DO: Campo de Calatrava

In something of a surprising Valentine’s Day “gift”, on 14 February, Brussels approved Spain’s newest denomination of origin, Campo de Calatrava. Located in the vast territory of Castilla-La Mancha around Ciudad Real (about 100km to the south of Toledo) this was a region that had been previously covered by the Vino de la Tierra Castilla, but with their own demarcated subzone. While the timing was a surprise, the elevation to DO wasn’t a shock as this has been in the works for just over a decade. The initial paperwork had […]