In general, Spain doesn’t see the minute, detailed, pebble-level analysis in wine texts that other countries such as France do. But even if one takes this into account, finding out much about DO Tarragona in Catalunya, isn’t easy. Just finding it drawn correctly on a map is often difficult! What information you do find in study books usually lists it as a producer of “sacramental” wine for the Catholic church and not much more beyond that. As usual, this is a partially outdated and grossly oversimplified view of the region […]

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