{"id":687,"date":"2013-04-15T19:14:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=687"},"modified":"2019-12-31T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:07:23","slug":"taste-madrid-wine-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/taste-madrid-wine-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste Some of Madrid&#8217;s Wine Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not many people are aware of the fact that Spain is the third-largest wine producer in all of Europe and the world, behind only France and Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reason why Spanish wine is not so well known is that most of the thirty five billion liters of wine produced in Spain each year from the close to three million acres of vineyards goes for local consumption, with the average Spaniard drinking close to forty liters of wine every year. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> will tell you a bit more about <strong>Madrid&#8217;s wine culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wine-tasting-madrid\/\">Where to Do a Wine Tasting in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/taste-madrid-wine-culture\/#introduction-to-spain-and-its-wines\" title=\"Introduction to Spain and its wines\">Introduction to Spain and its wines<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/taste-madrid-wine-culture\/#enjoy-different-wines-in-madrid\" title=\"Enjoy different wines in Madrid\">Enjoy different wines in Madrid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"introduction-to-spain-and-its-wines\"><\/span>Introduction to Spain and its wines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8911\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8911\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8911 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"sign garnacha blanca with grape vines \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-810x538.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920-1140x758.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vine-242043_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the country wines come from the Rioja and Ribera Del Duero regions, situated to the south of the Cantabrian Mountains along the Ebro river, which has the most ideal climate for growing <strong>grapes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other regions where first class Spanish wines are produced are the Valdepe\u00f1as region, which one of Spain\u2019s most famous guests Ernest Hemingway was a great lover of, and the Andalusian region of C\u00e1diz, where Spanish sherries are produced and exported over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of Spain\u2019s white wines are produced in the northwest of the country, in the Galicia region. Whatever the variety or color of the wine, one thing that is for sure is that a very large proportion of it will be making its way to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/innovative-restaurants-madrid\/\"><strong>restaurants<\/strong><\/a>, pavement cafes, wine bars and stores in the city of Madrid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/best-breweries-madrid\/\">The Best Breweries in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"enjoy-different-wines-in-madrid\"><\/span>Enjoy different wines in Madrid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8910\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8910\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8910 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bottles of wine laying in shelves\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920-1140x761.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wine-2933943_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have settled into your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/yearly-rental\"><strong>new home<\/strong><\/a> or holiday accommodation, <strong>newcomers<\/strong> to Madrid can join in with the locals for an evening tasting of Spain\u2019s finest wines served in Madrid\u2019s traditional wine taverns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of which date back more than three or four hundred years, where they can taste a selection of some of the finest wines produced in Spain, and begin to understand why Madridle\u00f1os love to drink their locally produced wines, and why they are so anxious to keep them a secret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Better still, you can take part in one of the many organized tours leaving from Madrid almost daily to the various wine cultivation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/charming-hotels-for-a-getaway-in-the-region-of-madrid\/\"><strong>regions<\/strong><\/a> of the country, visit a number of local wineries, learn a little about how good wine is produced and taste it almost straight from the vines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What do you think about Spanish wines? 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