Catalogue Spain
From the SlowFood Guide to the wines of the world. Provides good insight into Spain's wine traditions, history and prospects in today's international marketplace. Informative and well written.
Profiles of the new Spanish wines
Tendencies in the new generation of Spanish wines - winemaking techniques, grape varieties, wine growing regions, etc. from "An Internet Guide to Spanish Wines".
Reference & Guides
Terminology, labels, bibliography, winery tours, vintage tables and more.
Robin Garr's notes
Wine writer Robin Garr's comments and tasting notes on recently sampled Spanish wines. Interesting commentary and a good place to track down the names (and characteristics) of the Spanish wines available in the US:
Spanish WineriesCodorniu
Codorniu is a top producer of DO Cava sparkling wine. Their bubbly is available in most countries. The site is a bit commercial and has a lot of graphics, but there's some useful product information here.
González Byass
From González Byass, one of the Jerez region's oldest and best known producers, maker of Tio Pepe and other quality sherries. This section provides some useful insight into the sherry making process: includes text and diagrams outlining the main elements techniques involved in this very special process.
Josep Masachs Winery
One of Spain's top producers of cava sparkling wine, and also fine still wines from the Penedès region.
La Rioja Alta
A very complete Web site from one of Spain's quality producers. Though it's a commercial site, there's loads of detailed information about the Rioja region, winemaking, grape varieties, and more.
Mas Rabassa
From the Mas Rabassa winery in the Penedès region, a small producer of quality wines and cavas. Well constructed with lots of in depth information about their winery, wines and techniques.
Miguel Torres
One of Spain's leading producers, the Miguel Torres winery produces a wide range of quality Penedés wines, available just about everywhere.