Cataluña (Catalunya)Catalonia (Catalunya)
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| DO Alella | DO Priorat about | DO Catalunya | |||
| DO Conca de Barberà | DO Costers del Segre | DO Empordà | |||
| DO Montsant | DO Penedès | DO Pla del Bages | |||
| DO Tarragona | DO Terra Alta |  |
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The most important grape varieties
One of the 17 regions (in Spanish Catalonia, Catalan Catalonia) in northeastern Spain with the four provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. It lies on the northwestern edge of the Mediterranean and covers 32,000 km ². The area has a very checkered history behind it, in the 6th Century BC, the Greeks, then the Carthage and finally the Romans in 200 BC. The wines from the DO today already drank the Roman Caesars. Barcelona was the capital in ancient times an important trading port. In the 6th Century AD were the Alans and Visigoths, which derives its name (= Gotalonien Gothic land). In the 8th Century, the Moors conquered the area then. These were of Charlemagne (742-814) distributed to the annexing the territory to his kingdom.
Towards the end of the 9th Century became the Spanish market of the Frankish Empire under Count de facto independence of Barcelona. In the 12th Century, the two regions of Aragon and Catalonia to form his own kingdom combined (a region that includes the name of the west today). Finally, the independence was lost, in 1479 the Kingdom of Castile, together with (which are now the two regions of Castile-La Mancha and Kastilen-Léon) fused to the entire Spanish Empire. Until 20 Century, but tried again unsuccessfully Catalonia, to impose a special government. Catalonia is officially bilingual, in French Roussillon and the Balearic Islands is spoken Catalan.
In the 1870s this began to conquer the cava , as Josep Raventós in today DO Penedès Spain's first sparkling wine produced by the champagne method and the foundation for the famous winery Codorníu presented. Other standards set in 1870, founded the winery Miguel Torres . Especially these two bodegas in Spain of the modern wine was established. Until the 1950s, the traditional Catalan wines Rancio , the fortified sweet wines and of course the Cava. Also in the production of Cork Catalonia plays a significant role. The climate is strongly influenced by the nearby Mediterranean Sea, the coast is temperate with abundant rainfall, inland, it is becoming hotter and drier.
The predominant local grape varieties are Garnacha (Grenache), Macabeo, Monastrell, Parellada, Tempranillo and Xarel-Lo, but there are also more and more international varieties promoted. The DO-spaces , Empordà-Costa Brava , Catalunya , Cava , Conca de Barberà , Coster del Segre , Montsant , Penedès , Pla del Bages , Priorato (DOCa), Tarragona and Terra Alta . The almost 200 kilometers off the coast of the island group lying Balearic Islands with the main island of Majorca was historically associated with Catalonia has always been very strong and also in the wine to be highly similar.
Towards the end of the 9th Century became the Spanish market of the Frankish Empire under Count de facto independence of Barcelona. In the 12th Century, the two regions of Aragon and Catalonia to form his own kingdom combined (a region that includes the name of the west today). Finally, the independence was lost, in 1479 the Kingdom of Castile, together with (which are now the two regions of Castile-La Mancha and Kastilen-Léon) fused to the entire Spanish Empire. Until 20 Century, but tried again unsuccessfully Catalonia, to impose a special government. Catalonia is officially bilingual, in French Roussillon and the Balearic Islands is spoken Catalan.
In the 1870s this began to conquer the cava , as Josep Raventós in today DO Penedès Spain's first sparkling wine produced by the champagne method and the foundation for the famous winery Codorníu presented. Other standards set in 1870, founded the winery Miguel Torres . Especially these two bodegas in Spain of the modern wine was established. Until the 1950s, the traditional Catalan wines Rancio , the fortified sweet wines and of course the Cava. Also in the production of Cork Catalonia plays a significant role. The climate is strongly influenced by the nearby Mediterranean Sea, the coast is temperate with abundant rainfall, inland, it is becoming hotter and drier.
The predominant local grape varieties are Garnacha (Grenache), Macabeo, Monastrell, Parellada, Tempranillo and Xarel-Lo, but there are also more and more international varieties promoted. The DO-spaces , Empordà-Costa Brava , Catalunya , Cava , Conca de Barberà , Coster del Segre , Montsant , Penedès , Pla del Bages , Priorato (DOCa), Tarragona and Terra Alta . The almost 200 kilometers off the coast of the island group lying Balearic Islands with the main island of Majorca was historically associated with Catalonia has always been very strong and also in the wine to be highly similar.