Event

The Wine Club!!

The Wines of Spain
presented by
Jonas Gustafsson
Founder and President of Vin de Terra Imports

Jonas Gustafsson, Vin de Terra's founder & president, has over 20 years of experience in the wine retail and importation industries, and now brings you his own selections with a focus on his passion for Spanish wine. The goal of Vin de Terra Imports is to focus on winemakers who respect the integrity of their soils, grapes and regions, creating wines that are pure in character and true to their specific appellations.

In addition to six of Jonas's great wines, Kate will make a Paella to help to wine go down easily!

Marcus Aurelius was bringing wine from Spain during his reign as Emperor of the Rome provinces, but more wine was going to Franace (Gaul) than from Italia. That didn't make the citizens back home very happy, even if Marcus was Spanish by birth!!

Spanish wines (Spanish: vinos españoles) are wines produced in the southwestern European country of Spain. Located on the Iberian Peninsula, Spain has over 2.9 million acres (over 1.17 million hectares) planted—making it the most widely planted wine producing nation but it is the third largest producer of wine in the world, the largest being France followed by Italy. This is due, in part, to the very low yields and wide spacing of the old vines planted on the dry, infertile soil found in many Spanish wine regions. The country is ninth in worldwide consumptions with Spaniards drinking, on average, 21.6 litres (5.706 US gal) per person a year. The country has an abundance of native grape varieties, with over 400 varieties planted throughout Spain though 80 percent of the country's wine production is from only 20 grapes—including the reds Tempranillo, Garnacha, and Monastrell; the whites Albariño from Galicia, Palomino, Airen, and Macabeo; and the three cava grapes Parellada, Xarel·lo, and Cariñena.

Major Spanish wine regions include the Rioja and Ribera del Duero which is known for their Tempranillo production; Valdepeñas, drunk by Unamuno and Hemingway, known for high quality tempranillo at low prices; Jerez, the home of the fortified wine Sherry; Rías Baixas in the northwest region of Galicia that is known for its white wines made from Albariño and Catalonia which includes the Cava and still wine producing regions of the Penedès as well the Priorat region.