PUBLIC MARKS with tags spain & wine

We began our year in Norway eating lutefisk, potato lefse, gjetost and sipping aquavit by the roaring hot fire among our family. It was a Holiday season that invoked a feeling that you were living in a children’s story where the bread was always warm and fresh, the food was delicious and the family ended […]

The demarked region of Douro, recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage in 2001 and home to some of the Best Wines of Portugal, is the oldest demarked wine region in the world and is celebrating its 250th anniversary. The region has over 250 thousand hectares that run from the Baixo Corgo area (near Vila Nova de Gaia) to Douro Superior (near the Spanish border). This is where Port Wine is made, appreciated and recognized all over the world; the sellers lay along the South Douro river bank, in Vila Nova de Gaia, and may be visited.

Glosario de términos de vinos

Excellent Spanish wine glossary

The classic winery in the Ribera del Duero

The northernmost red wine producing winery in Spain

A family-owned winery based in Olite, Navarra

Part of a larger site offering wine tours to Spain, Portugal and Italy

"This glossary includes those technical terms (in English, Spanish, French and German) which, in our experience, are most commonly found in literature on Rioja and Navarra wines."