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Recommended producers: 36
Wines tasted: 162
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The second largest of the 17 autonomous regions in the south Spain (Spanish: AndalucÃa), which covers eight provinces. In the east, the region of Murcia, in the northern regions of Extremadura and La Mancha on. It is the oldest wine region in Spain, since 1100 BC has established the Phoenicia , the port city of Gadir (modern Cádiz) and exported wine. Even during the 700-year reign of the Moors until the end of the 15th Century is still a limited extent, wine, and especially Raisins produced. The Moors turned the area into a large garden and it was referred to as "paradise on earth". Much earlier than the rest of Andalusia, Jerez has been taken already in 1264 the Muslims and non-alcoholic wines, strong on the type of sherry production. From 16 Century, there was also an economic relapse in the wine, until the advent of tourism was the beginning of 1950s there was a big boost. Andalusia is the hottest part of Spain with the dominated Mediterranean climate. The westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean provide cooling and often calcareous soil stores water during the dry periods. In the region are Condado de Huelva , Jerez , Malaga , Montilla-Moriles and Sierras de Málaga classified as DO.
AndalucÃa